Adam (given name)

Adam is a common masculine given name in the English language of Semitic origin.

Adam
Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The personal name Adam is derivation from Hebrew meaning the ground, from which God created Adam as stated in the Bible
PronunciationDanish: [ˈɛːtɑm]
English: /ˈædəm/
GenderMale
Language(s)Hebrew in Canaan or Mesopotamia; Fertile Crescent
Origin
MeaningComes from the Hebrew word "adama", which means "earth" or "soil"
Other names
See alsoAdan, Adem

According to the Bible, the personal name Adam derives from the Hebrew noun adamah meaning "the ground" or "earth". But it is likely folk etymology.[1] Its Biblical and Quranic uses have ensured that it is also a common name in all countries which draw on these traditions. It is particularly common in Christian and Muslim majority countries. In most languages its spelling is the same, although the pronunciation varies somewhat. Adán is the Spanish form of this name.

Adam is also a surname in many countries, although it is not as common in English as its derivative Adams (sometimes spelled Addams). In other languages there are similar surnames derived from Adam, such as Adamo, Adamov, Adamowicz, Adamski etc.

In Arabic, Adam (آدم) means "made from."

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People with the given name Adam

A

B-C

D-F
  • Adam Darius (born 1930), American dancer, mime artist, writer and choreographer
  • Adam Darragh (born 1979), Australian basketball player
  • Adam Darski (born 1977), Polish musician and television personality, known by the stage name Nergal
  • Adam Davidson (director) (born 1964), American actor and TV director
  • Adam 'Tex' Davis (fl. 1997–2005), American screenwriter and director
  • Adam Alexander Dawson (1913–2010), British film editor
  • Adam Deacon (born 1983), English actor, rapper and writer
  • Adam Deadmarsh (born 1975), former Canadian-American professional ice hockey player
  • Adam DeVine, American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and voice actor, star of Adam DeVine's House Party
  • Adam Docker (rugby league) (born 1991), Australian Rugby League player
  • Adam Driver (born 1983), American actor
  • Adam Drucker (born 1977), American rapper, known by the stage name Doseone
  • Adam Drummond, 17th Baron Strange (born 1953), English peer
  • Adam Drury (disambiguation)
  • Adam Duffy (born 1989), English professional snooker player
  • Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1731–1804), British admiral
  • Adam Dunn (born 1979), first baseman for the Chicago White Sox
  • Adam Duritz (born 1964), American singer, musician, and movie and record producer, frontman for rock band Counting Crows
  • Adam Dutkiewicz (born 1977), lead guitarist for American metalcore band Killswitch Engage
  • Adam Eaton (pitcher) (born 1977), former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Adam Eaton (outfielder) (born 1988), Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Adam Edelman (born 1991), American-born four-time Israeli National Champion in skeleton event, and Israeli Olympian
  • Adam Elliot (born 1972), Australian animation writer and director
  • Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610), German painter
  • Adam Emmenecker (born 1985), American basketball player
  • Adam Everett (born 1977), former American professional baseball shortstop and third baseman
  • Adam F (born 1972), English DJ and producer
  • Adam Faith (1940–2003), British teen idol and financial journalist
  • Adam Federici (born 1985), Australian footballer
  • Adam Feeney (born 1985), Australian tennis player
  • Adam Ferguson (Adhamh MacFhearghais) (1723–1816), Scottish philosopher and historian
  • Adam Ferrara (born 1966), American actor and comedian
  • Adam Feuerstein, American columnist and journalist in the biotechnology sector
  • Ádám Fischer, Hungarian conductor
  • Adam Flash (born 1971), American professional wrestler whose real name is Douglas Adam Becker
  • Adam Fleet (born 2003), Round man
  • Adam Foote (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Adam Forkner (born 1976), American musician and producer, known as White Rainbow
  • Adam Fox (born 1998), American professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League
  • Adam Franklin, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, frontman of Swervedriver
  • Adam Freeland, English record producer and DJ
  • Adam Freier (born 1980), retired Australian rugby union footballer
  • Adam Froman (born 1987), American football player

G-H

I-L

M-O
  • Adam MacDougall (born 1975), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Adam MacKenzie (born 1984), Scottish field hockey defender
  • Adam Macrow (born 1978), Australian race car driver
  • Adam Maher (born 1993), Dutch professional footballer
  • Adam Maida (born 1930), Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit
  • Adam Mair (born 1979), Canadian former professional hockey player
  • Adam Makowicz (born 1940), Polish-Canadian pianist and composer, born Adam Matyszkowicz
  • Adam Malik (1917–1984), Indonesia's third vice president
  • Adam Małysz (born 1977), Polish ski jumper and rally racing driver
  • Adam Marsh (c. 1200–18 November 1259), English Franciscan, scholar and theologian, also known as Adam de Marisco
  • Adam Matthews (born 1992), Welsh footballer
  • Adam Maxwell (born 2003), related to Donald Trump and KSI
  • Adam McCune (novelist) (born 1985), American novelist
  • Adam McDonough (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
  • Adam McGurk (born 1989), Northern Irish footballer
  • Adam McKay (born 1968), American screenwriter, director and comedian
  • Adam McPhee (born 1982), Australian football player
  • Adam Messinger, Canadian songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, nicknamed "Messy", member of The Messengers production team
  • Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632–1690), Flemish Baroque painter
  • Adam Michnik (born 1946), Polish historian and former dissident
  • Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), Polish poet
  • Adam Miller (painter) (born 1979), American painter
  • Adam Moffat (born 1986), Scottish footballer
  • Adam Moleyns (died 1450), Bishop of Chichester, Lord Privy Seal
  • Adam Morrison (born 1984), American basketball player and coach
  • Adam Morton (born 1945), Canadian philosopher
  • Adam Müller (1779–1829), German publicist, literary critic, political economist and theorist, Ritter von Nitterdorf
  • Adam August Müller (1811–1844), Danish history painter
  • Adam Muto, American artist and director
  • Adam Ndlovu (1970–2012), Zimbabwean footballer
  • Adam Albert von Neipperg (1775–1829), Austrian general and statesman
  • Adam Nelson (born 1975), American shot putter
  • Adam Nemec (born 1985), Slovak football striker
  • Adam Nichols (musician) (born 1991), British musician
  • Adam Nicolson (born 1957), British author
  • Adam Nimoy (born 1956), American TV director, son of actor Leonard Nimoy
  • Adam Nussbaum (born 1955), American jazz musician
  • Adam Oates (born 1962), Canadian hockey player
  • Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850), Danish poet
  • Adam Olearius (1599–1671), German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian, born Adam Ölschläger or Oehlschlaeger
  • Adam Ondra (born 1993), Czech rock climber
  • Adam Orleton (died 1345), Bishop of Winchester
  • Adam Osborne (1939–2003), author, publisher, and computer designer, founder of the Osborne Computer Corporation
  • Adam Ottavino (born 1985), American baseball player
  • Adam Otterburn of Auldhame and Reidhall (died 1548), Scottish lawyer and diplomat

P-R
  • Adam Paine (1843–1877), U.S. Army Indian scout
  • Adam Pally (born 1982), American actor and comedian
  • Adam Pardy (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman
  • Adam Parfrey, American journalist, editor, and the publisher of Feral House
  • Adam Parore (born 1971), former wicket-keeper and batsman for the New Zealand cricket team
  • Adam Parvipontanus (c. 1100/2–c. 1157/69), Anglo-Norman scholastic and churchman, also known as Adam of Balsham
  • Adam Pascal (born 1970), American actor and singer
  • Adam Pearce (born 1978), American professional wrestler
  • Adam Peaty, English swimmer
  • Adam Perry (drummer) (born 1969), British musician, known by the stage name The Yin
  • Adam Petrouš (born 1977), former Czech footballer
  • Adam Petty (1980–2000), American race car driver
  • Adam Piłsudski (1869–1935), Polish senator
  • Adam Pine (born 1976), Australian Freestyle swimming and butterfly swimmer
  • Adam Podlesh (born 1983), American football player
  • Adam Powell (English politician) (by 1496–1546), English politician
  • Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908–1972), American congressman (D-NY)
  • Adam Price (born 1968), Welsh politician
  • Adam Proudlock (born 1981), English professional footballer
  • Adam Ptáčník (born 1985), Czech amateur track cyclist
  • Adam Putnam (born 1974), American politician
  • Adam Quinlan (born 1992), Australian player
  • Adam Ramanauskas (born 1980), former Australian rules footballer
  • Adam Rapacki (1909–1970), Polish politician and diplomat
  • Adam Raphael (born 1938), English journalist
  • Adam Rapp (born 1968), American novelist, musician and director
  • Adam Reed (born 1970), American voice actor, writer, director and producer
  • Adam Rex (born 1973), American illustrator and author of children's books
  • Adam Reynolds (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
  • Adam Richman (actor) (born 1974), American actor and television personality
  • Adam Rickitt (born 1978), English actor
  • Adam Ries (1492–1559), German mathematician
  • Adam Riess (born 1969), American astrophysicist
  • Adam Rifkin (born 1966), American film director, producer, writer and actor, sometimes credited as Rif Coogan
  • Adam Rippon (born 1989), American figure skater
  • Adam Roberts (scholar) (born 1940), emeritus professor of international relations at Oxford University
  • Adam Rodríguez (born 1975), American actor and director
  • Adam Rooney (born 1988), Irish footballer
  • Adam Rosales (born 1983), American major league baseball player
  • Adam Rosen (born 1984), American-born British luger Olympian
  • Adam Daniel Rotfeld (born 1938), Polish foreign minister
  • Adam Ruckwood (born 1974), British backstroke swimmer
  • Adam Rundkvist (born 1990), Swedish professional ice hockey player
  • Adam Russell (born 1983), American professional baseball pitcher

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U-Z

Fictional characters
  • Adam Ross, a main character in CSI: NY
  • Adam, a character in the film Only Lovers Left Alive
  • Adam, a character in the TV series Traffic Light
  • Adam, a character in Barney and the Backyard Gang
  • Adam, a powerful vampire and the main antagonist of the 2012 film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
  • Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Adam, an angel in Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • Adam (Hollyoaks), character in the British soap opera
  • Adam (Northern Exposure), a fictional character of the American television series Northern Exposure
  • Adam (Ravenloft), Mordenheim's Monster, in Dungeons & Dragons' Ravenloft campaign setting
  • Black Adam, born Teth-Adam, an anti-hero and occasional ally/enemy of the DC Comics superhero Captain Marvel
  • Prince Adam (Masters of the Universe), the alter ego of He-Man in the animated TV series
  • Prince Adam (Beauty and the Beast), the Beast's true human form in Disney's 1991 animated and 2017 live-action films
  • Adam Adamant, title character of the British TV series Adam Adamant Lives!
  • Adam Alexander (The Bold and the Beautiful), character on the American TV soap opera
  • Adam Barlow, character on the British soap opera Coronation Street
  • Adam Barton (Emmerdale), on the British soap opera
  • Adam Bede, title character of George Eliot's 1859 novel, Adam Bede
  • Adam Beecher, title character of the 1970 film Adam's Woman
  • Adam Bernstein, one of the title characters of Adam & Steve
  • Adam Best (EastEnders), on the British soap opera EastEnders
  • Adam Bonner, character played by Spencer Tracy in the 1949 film Adam's Rib
  • Adam Brady, on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
  • Adam Brashear, real name of fictional superhero Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics)
  • Adam Braverman (Parenthood), a character in the TV series Parenthood
  • Adam Cadman, a character in the comic Mazeworld
  • Adam Cameron, character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away
  • Adam Carrington, on the television show Dynasty
  • Adam Carter, from the BBC TV espionage show Spooks
  • Adam Cartwright, on the American TV show Bonanza
  • Adam Chandler, on the American soap opera All My Children
  • Adam Cooper (Blue Heelers), on the Australian police drama series Blue Heelers
  • Adam Dalgliesh, protagonist of mystery novels by P. D. James
  • Adam Davenport, a main character in Disney XD's TV series Lab Rats
  • Adam Drake, long running character in the crime/mystery serial The Edge of Night
  • Adam Gibson, the main character in the 2000 film The 6th Day
  • Adam Heywood, character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
  • Adam Jensen, the main character of the video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution
  • Adam Kane, one of the main characters in Mutant X
  • Adam Kieslowski, fictional character in the Swedish TV series Eva & Adam
  • Adam Lang, a fictional character in the Robert Harris novel The Ghost and its film adaptation.
  • Adam Levy, lead character in the 2008 film Adam's Wall
  • Adam Lyon, fictional character from the Cartoon Network series My Gym Partner's A Monkey
  • Adam Link, humanoid robot in the short stories of Eando Binder
  • Adam MacIntyre, an evil clown psychopath in the video game Dead Rising
  • Adam Malkovich, a fictional character in the video game Metroid: Other M
  • Adam Mayfair, on the American TV show Desperate Housewives
  • Adam Miller (Neighbours), on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Adam Mitchell (Doctor Who), fictional time traveller
  • Adam Monroe, antagonist on the American TV show Heroes
  • Adam Morgan (Hollyoaks), character on the British soap opera
  • Adam Munson, in the American soap opera As the World Turns
  • Adam Newman, in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
  • Adam Newman, title character of the comic strip Adam@home
  • Adam Park, in the Power Rangers franchise
  • Adam Pedersen, title character of the 2005 film Adam's Apples
  • Adam Raki, title character in the 2009 film Adam
  • Adam Rhodes, on the American TV show Rules of Engagement
  • Adam Schiff, on the American TV show Law & Order
  • Adam Sharpe, on Australian soap opera Home and Away
  • Adam Smith, title character of the "Adam" episode of the British TV show Torchwood
  • Adam Stanheight, a fictional character in the Saw film series
  • Adam Stein, title character of the movie Adam Resurrected
  • Adam Strange, DC Comics superhero
  • Adam Sutekh, also known as Adam Sutton, is a character in the Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore.
  • Adam Svenson, also known as Captain Blue, a main character in the Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons TV series
  • Adam Szalinski, a character in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
  • Adam Taurus, fictional character in RWBY.
  • Adam Torres, fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Adam Trueman, on British TV show Casualty
  • Adam Venture, central character of the adventure game Adam's Venture
  • Adam Warlock, Marvel Comics character, also known as "Him"
  • Adam Willis (Neighbours), on the Australian soap opera
  • Adam X the X-Treme, character from the Marvel Universe
  • Adam Young, fictional character in the film Mr. Young
  • Adam Sackler, character played by Adam Driver in the HBO series Girls
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See also
  1. יאיר זקוביץ, "עולם התנ"ך: בראשית", תל אביב, דוידזון-עתי, 1994, עמ' 25‎
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