Adam

Where Adam comes from

From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Adam
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1798
    Adam Mickiewicz born
    Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #123 among boys — 104 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1966
    Adam Sandler born
    American actor and comedian
  4. 1984
    Peak, #18
    23,939 babies named Adam — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #36.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Adam Mickiewicz · Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist, 1798–1855
  • Adam Sandler · American actor and comedian, born 1966
  • Adam Levine · American singer, born 1979
  • Adam Riess · American astrophysicist, born 1969
  • Adam Lambert · American singer, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.