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Adamu

Adamu is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Swahili, Yoruba, and Hausa.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Adamu comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic آدَم.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Adamu’s family of names

In Hausa usage, Adamu has a conventional equivalent in the English form Adam. In Yoruba usage, Adamu was borrowed from the English form Adam. In Sicilian usage, Adamu has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Adán.

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AdamuʻAkamuAdam亞當Adán

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Adamu has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.

HawaiianArabic

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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