Given name & surname
Macadam
“the son of Adam”
Macadam is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of Adam.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of Adam.”
How it developed
From Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimh (“Adam's son”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Macadam’s family of names
Macadam has a related form in Macadhamh. Macadam has a related form in McAdam. In English usage, Macadam as a surname has an alternative spelling in McAdam.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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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