Adam

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Male Male Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Αδαμ (Adam), a Greek form of the Hebrew name אָדָם (Adam) of uncertain meaning. Theories include:

1) Hebrew אֲדָמָה (adama) = 'from (red) earth' [1] [2]

2) Hebrew adam = 'human being, man' [1] [3]

3) Hebrew אדם ('adam) = 'to be red' [2]

4) Akkadian adamu = 'creature' [2]

Related Names

     
Aatami ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatavi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatos ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatsa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatsu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatuska ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Adam ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Ádam ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Ádám ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse
Áttán ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Oakki ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Oatam ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Oatikki ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Tami ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Uakki ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Uatam ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Uatikki ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Ate

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

24 December

Norway Norway

24 December

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

24 December

Sweden Sweden

23 December

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Adam
Accusative: Adam
Dative: Adam
Genitive: Adams

Further Information

Bible

In the Old Testament, Adam was the name of the first man. With Eva, the first woman, he had three sons: Kain, Abel and Set.

Namesakes

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (1779 - 1850)

Onkel Adam (Uncle Adam), pseudonym of the Swedish doctor and author Carl Anton Wetterbergh (1804-1889)

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1350 [3]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m5.png 9 112 17400 22697
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 3479 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png 0 4 1082 1953
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 24 n.a 2436
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][5][6][7]:Name statistics for Adam(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[6]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Adam(m)


Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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