Given name & surname
Adan
“man”·“of the earth”·“one who is handsome and adorned”
Adan has a related form in Adam. Interpretations include “man” (Hebrew) and “of the earth” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. Adan is a variant of Aden. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is handsome and adorned.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adan has a related form in Adam. Interpretations include “man” (Hebrew) and “of the earth” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. Adan is a variant of Aden. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is handsome and adorned.” Adan is a variant of Aidan. Interpretations include “one who is fiery; little fire” and “a fiery young man” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adan has a related form in Adam. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain. Adan is a variant of Aden. An origin associated with Aden is Hebrew. Adan is a variant of Aidan. An origin associated with Aidan is Irish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Spanish Adán, from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (ʾāḏām, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Adan has a related form in Adam. The history of Adam gives this family its wider story. Adam has a place in biblical naming traditions. Adan is a variant of Aidan. The history of Aidan gives this family its wider story. Aidan experienced a revival in the 20th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Adan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31,624
- 31,478 boys · 146 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 1,164 babies
- 2025
- 631
- #482 for boys · #13,222 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 625 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 482 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,158 in 2005. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (175). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 34,348 as a first name in 2020; 4,133 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.
Adan’s family of names
Adan has a diminutive in ADENET. In Walloon usage, Adan has a related form in Adam. In Walloon usage, Adan has a conventional equivalent in the English form Adam.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Adan has relatives in 8 languages.
6 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adan
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