Given name & surname
Adamo
“man”·“of the earth”
Adamo has a related form in Adam. Interpretations include “man” (Hebrew) and “of the earth” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adamo has a related form in Adam. Interpretations include “man” (Hebrew) and “of the earth” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adamo has a related form in Adam. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Adamo developed from Adam. In Italian usage, Adamo developed from Ἀδάμ.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Adamo has a related form in Adam. The history of Adam gives this family its wider story. Adam has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Adamo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 150 as a first name in 2020; 3,618 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adamo’s family of names
Adamo developed from Adam. In Italian usage, Adamo has a related form in ADDAMO. In Slovenian usage, Adamo has a related form in Adam.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Adamo has relatives in 10 languages.
7 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Adamaequivalent
- Addaequivalent
- Ádámequivalent
- Adamusequivalent
- Ādamsequivalent
- 亞當Chinese
- AdánSpanish
- Adãoalso known as · Portuguese
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People named Adamo
- Adamo NagaloIvorian footballerborn 2002
- Adamo TadoliniItalian sculptor (1788-1868)
- Adamo DidurPolish singer (1874–1946)
- Adamo CoulibalyIvorian and French association football playerborn 1981
- Adamo BoariItalian architect (1863–1928)
- Adamo RuggieroCanadian actorborn 1986
- Adamo Abateabbot990–1060
- Adamo d'ArognoSwiss architect1180–1240
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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