Given name
Aidam
“red”·“a red-haired man”
Aidam has a related form in Edom. Interpretations include “red” (Hebrew) and “a red-haired man” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aidam has a related form in Edom. Interpretations include “red” (Hebrew) and “a red-haired man” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aidam has a related form in Edom. An origin associated with Edom is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Aidam has a related form in Edom. The history of Edom gives this family its wider story. Edom appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Aidam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 5 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aidam’s family of names
In Scots usage, Aidam has a diminutive in Adie. In Scots usage, Aidam has a related form in Edom. In Scots usage, Aidam has a related form in Edom.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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