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The baby name Adam is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈædəm/ (AD-əm).

Adam is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: /ˈædəm/ (AD-əm)

What is the meaning of the name Adam ?

The baby name Adam is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈædəm/ (AD-əm).

Adam is Hebrew in Origin.

Adam is a classic given name of Hebrew origin (אָדָם, ’adam) meaning “man; humankind,” often linked to ’ădāmâ “ground, earth” and the Semitic root ’dm “red, ruddy,” yielding senses like “earth-born” or “son of the red soil.” In the Hebrew Bible Adam names the archetypal first person, a status that carried into Christian and Islamic tradition (Arabic آدم, Ādam), giving the name enduring religious and cultural weight.

Attested across medieval Europe, Adam was borne by monks, scholars, and poets (e.g., Adam of St. Victor, Adam de la Halle). It stayed common in England after the Norman Conquest, dipped, then revived from the 18th century and remains widely used today. International variants include Ádám (Hungarian), Adán (Spanish), Adão (Portuguese), Adem (Turkish/Balkan), Ádhamh/Adhamh (Irish/Scottish Gaelic), Adomas (Lithuanian), and Адам (Slavic forms). Diminutives and related forms include Ade, Addy, and feminine Adamina or Adama; patronymics yield Adams and Adamson.

Adam has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Adam

Adam Sandler Actor|musician · Born 1966 · United States Adam Sandler is most famous for his comedy films and has also worked as an actor, comedian, filmmaker, and singer. He’s especially known for movies like Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, and The Wedding Singer, and has received awards recognition including an Independent Spirit Award and nominations for Grammys, Emmys, Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Adam Levine Actor|musician · Born 1979 · United States Adam Levine is best known as the lead singer of Maroon 5. He’s an American singer, musician, and TV personality whose best-known songs include "She Will Be Loved," "Moves Like Jagger," and "Sugar." He started his music career in 1994 with the band Kara’s Flowers. Adam Driver Actor · Born 1983 · United States Adam Driver is an American actor best known for playing Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Marriage Story, and HBO’s Girls. Born on November 19, 1983, he broke out with his role as the emotionally volatile Adam Sackler on Girls, which earned him three straight Primetime Emmy nominations.
Adam Lambert Actor · Born 1982 · United States Adam Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known for his powerful vocals and for becoming a standout on American Idol. He’s known for songs like “Whataya Want from Me,” “If I Had You,” and “Ghost Town,” and for blending theatrical flair with both modern and classic pop sounds. Adam West Actor · Born 1928 · United States Adam West was an American actor best known for playing Batman in the 1960s ABC TV series Batman and the 1966 Batman feature film. He continued to reprise the role in various projects for decades. Adam Brody Actor|musician · Born 1979 · United States Adam Brody is an American actor best known for playing Seth Cohen on the Fox series The O.C. He rose to fame with that breakout role and has remained a familiar face in film and television.

Celebrity babies named Adam

Name Last Name(s) Mother Mother famous for Fame Level Father Father famous for Fame Level
Adam Cohen Leonard Cohen singer ★★★★★
Adam Nimoy Leonard Nimoy film director ★★★★★
Adam Arkin Alan Arkin film director ★★★★★
Adam Englund Cloris Leachman television actor ★★★★★ George Englund film director ★★★★★
Adam Bedi Kabir Bedi television actor ★★★★★

Adam – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Boys 2025 #1 — 836
Germany Boys 2025 #1 — 423
ET 0 #5 2 246
Belgium Boys 2024 #6 439 401
NL Boys 2014 #7 361 79
Sweden Boys 2022 #7 552 1,509
France Boys 2021 #9 3,148 2,865
MV 0 #9 30 644
MV Boys 0 #10 431 3,375
SD Boys 0 #11 8,293 10,523
PL Boys 0 #12 24,724 6,459
MY Boys 0 #13 13,614 25,439
Canada Boys 2024 #14 962 2,588
ET Girls 0 #15 2 372
DJ 0 #17 1 322
FJ Boys 0 #17 1 603
ET Boys 0 #20 8 678
PS Boys 0 #20 3,545 10,655
BN Boys 0 #21 174 6,332
BF Boys 0 #24 3 439
BN 0 #24 9 2,297
Switzerland Boys 2024 #25 158 1,769
CZ Boys 0 #25 5,809 6,530
DJ Boys 0 #26 11 657
KR Boys 0 #27 1 897
SD 0 #27 98 2,130
Norway Boys 2025 #28 198 444
PL 0 #28 971 2,600
Austria Boys 2024 #29 260 60
DJ Girls 0 #29 1 488
IL Boys 0 #30 4,264 10,983
BI Girls 0 #33 1 726
HT Boys 0 #33 2 903
ID 0 #33 7 2,238
MV Girls 0 #33 3 2,021
NA 0 #33 1 2,537
MD 0 #34 1 434
MT 0 #34 10 1,767
EE 0 #36 2 1,051
MA 0 #36 48,939 20,986
TM Boys 0 #36 1 614
LY 0 #40 2,019 12,703
Iceland Boys 2023 #41 655 60
AZ 0 #42 2 706
BI Boys 0 #44 1 917
HU Boys 0 #48 464 3,954
Iceland Boys 0 #48 27 131
HU 0 #49 85 1,675
CM 0 #50 7 2,592
IR Boys 0 #50 5,999 10,162
MO 0 #50 3 2,706
MY 0 #51 395 12,352
HN Boys 0 #52 1 749
IR 0 #52 376 4,221
New Zealand Boys 2010 #56 80 99
CZ 0 #57 342 3,154
CY 0 #60 1 1,632
EG Boys 0 #61 21,447 15,035
LU 0 #64 3 2,830
CN 0 #66 20 3,857
QA 0 #66 35 7,011
GH Boys 0 #69 909 8,138
JP 0 #69 9 4,057
RU Boys 0 #72 2,213 12,621
AF 0 #73 4 1,883
PS 0 #73 171 5,692
AL 0 #75 2 2,372
AZ Girls 0 #75 1 1,051
AO 0 #76 2 2,729
GH 0 #76 233 5,396
MD Boys 0 #76 6 756
SI 0 #79 2 1,612
TW 0 #79 22 4,523
JO Boys 0 #80 1,130 7,057
MT Boys 0 #81 118 4,064
CY Boys 0 #82 50 3,473
NG Boys 0 #83 6,554 16,906
RS 0 #84 1 923
LT 0 #85 4 949
AE 0 #87 91 10,220
DK Boys 0 #87 570 7,401
JM 0 #87 7 3,714
LB 0 #88 1,863 13,263
MD Girls 0 #90 3 865
IQ 0 #92 38 3,533
KZ 0 #92 3 1,452
IL 0 #93 262 6,291
OM 0 #94 23 6,215
TW Boys 0 #94 198 7,111
CN Boys 0 #95 335 9,639
BN Girls 0 #96 11 5,459
DZ 0 #96 9,246 20,130
ID Boys 0 #96 36 4,130
IQ Boys 0 #97 2,205 13,071
United States Boys 2024 #99 3,497 7,044
KW 0 #100 17 5,216
CR 0 #102 57 5,526
GE Boys 0 #102 9 2,055
ID Girls 0 #102 1 3,319
PH 0 #107 4 5,607
EG Girls 0 #115 7,298 14,742
JO 0 #115 23 2,158
BW Boys 0 #116 34 4,685
GR 0 #118 17 3,911
HR Boys 0 #119 240 3,997
SG Boys 0 #120 1,292 17,960
EC 0 #121 1 2,502
EE Boys 0 #121 5 2,087
AZ Boys 0 #123 9 1,400
CY Girls 0 #123 3 3,755
RS Boys 0 #126 29 2,277
LT Boys 0 #130 21 2,166
KZ Boys 0 #131 223 6,578
MU 0 #131 7 3,613
YE 0 #131 425 8,639
EG 0 #132 605 6,387
PA 0 #133 6 3,797
DK 0 #137 70 5,198
SG 0 #140 136 11,010
GH Girls 0 #148 248 6,973
BW Girls 0 #150 2 4,216
NG 0 #150 118 5,926
MO Boys 0 #151 73 5,842
MT Girls 0 #151 3 3,773
TN 0 #151 3,375 13,765
HR 0 #161 19 2,081
LU Boys 0 #166 53 4,970
RU 0 #167 23 3,641
SA 0 #167 131 10,560
PR Boys 0 #170 9 2,508
GR Boys 0 #172 98 6,912
NL Boys 0 #175 2,408 5,873
SA Boys 0 #177 7,068 28,008
NA Boys 0 #178 58 6,830
Austria Boys 0 #179 381 2,180
SD Girls 0 #180 191 7,678
KW Boys 0 #182 1,061 18,755
Spain Boys 0 #187 2,667 5,610
LU Girls 0 #187 4 4,850
SI Boys 0 #190 20 3,402
AR 0 #193 1 2,915
SY 0 #194 1,357 11,684
ZA Boys 0 #194 3,355 25,619
BG Boys 0 #195 25 3,850
HK Boys 0 #195 640 12,905
Austria 0 #197 17 850
QA Boys 0 #201 764 18,093
JP Boys 0 #205 93 7,909
Germany Boys 0 #214 2,019 5,697
AO Girls 0 #217 1 4,575
AO Boys 0 #219 24 5,568
Finland Boys 2026 #219 1,628 3,552
HU Girls 0 #220 6 3,308
CM Boys 0 #221 518 12,054
CR Boys 0 #222 375 10,188
BG Girls 0 #229 3 3,559
JM Boys 0 #231 42 6,876
AF Boys 0 #232 39 3,535
BD 0 #234 8 5,992
NA Girls 0 #237 1 7,146
EC Boys 0 #242 5 3,322
GR Girls 0 #245 5 6,293
PL Girls 0 #245 117 5,096
PT 0 #246 5 4,161
PH Boys 0 #250 137 11,440
JO Girls 0 #251 77 7,570
JP Girls 0 #251 1 6,592
IQ Girls 0 #254 289 11,303
AE Boys 0 #258 1,814 22,615
EC Girls 0 #258 1 3,650
MO Girls 0 #260 4 7,056
IT Boys 0 #266 5,081 10,046
OM Boys 0 #266 1,023 17,948
ZA 0 #269 180 14,421
QA Girls 0 #271 46 15,378
Finland Boys 0 #274 162 2,041
AL Boys 0 #277 22 5,122
JM Girls 0 #278 1 7,507
HK 0 #279 70 8,483
TW Girls 0 #282 8 8,139
MU Boys 0 #284 74 8,477
NL 0 #292 100 2,481
HR Girls 0 #294 1 3,687
GT 0 #301 14 5,948
PT Boys 0 #303 65 7,951
DK Girls 0 #306 11 7,429
Canada Girls 1995 #308 5 2,434
CZ Girls 0 #311 31 5,378
Germany 0 #313 129 2,542
OM Girls 0 #314 83 15,987
BH 0 #317 247 17,937
PE 0 #322 8 6,350
KZ Girls 0 #324 9 5,862
CN Girls 0 #339 11 8,829
Spain 0 #346 107 2,326
BR 0 #353 8 5,969
MU Girls 0 #360 3 8,539
SA Girls 0 #360 721 25,931
BO 0 #366 16 6,868
MY Girls 0 #370 922 24,821
UY Boys 0 #383 17 5,922
PS Girls 0 #385 142 10,981
France Girls 2021 #400 6 3,185
BD Girls 0 #403 4 8,413
KW Girls 0 #406 110 19,177
PA Boys 0 #410 72 9,305
GT Boys 0 #421 54 7,625
PH Girls 0 #422 8 13,098
CL 0 #426 9 6,867
AR Boys 0 #429 39 7,628
MX 0 #438 8 8,339
NG Girls 0 #439 430 15,093
RU Girls 0 #455 44 11,913
AE Girls 0 #457 97 20,968
BO Boys 0 #460 134 9,244
PT Girls 0 #469 3 7,952
IR Girls 0 #470 61 8,334
CM Girls 0 #501 40 11,671
BD Boys 0 #503 74 10,045
IL Girls 0 #503 116 11,648
CO 0 #504 7 7,768
IT 0 #516 203 4,183
PA Girls 0 #518 1 9,861
GT Girls 0 #541 1 7,500
CL Boys 0 #544 123 13,390
SG Girls 0 #548 39 18,916
BR Boys 0 #580 175 12,213
HK Girls 0 #598 18 16,104
IN Girls 0 #618 14 13,121
MX Boys 0 #672 327 16,355
TR 0 #672 871 19,440
PE Boys 0 #688 194 14,506
CO Boys 0 #737 187 15,656
Spain Girls 0 #765 220 5,561
Germany Girls 0 #780 59 4,949
IN Boys 0 #832 170 16,750
NL Girls 0 #901 55 5,933
United States Girls 2024 #909 8 8,487
CL Girls 0 #910 6 14,098
BR Girls 0 #987 6 12,708
PE Girls 0 #1,008 3 14,861
IT Girls 0 #1,013 457 9,415
ZA Girls 0 #1,038 104 25,928
CO Girls 0 #1,152 1 16,140
MX Girls 0 #1,171 13 17,781

Adam is popular in 102 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Norway
Ireland
NL
Scotland, United Kingdom

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People also ask about Adam

Adam is predominantly a boy's name.
Adam is a 2 syllable name, pronounced /ˈædəm/ (AD-əm).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Aadam, Adamo, Adem, Ádám, Adán and Adão.
Across languages, Adam has these equivalents: {'Hebrew': 'אָדָם (Adam), 'Arabic': 'آدم (Adam).
Yes, very popular — Adam ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 16 countries.
Adam ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Adam's popularity is rising. It moved from #12 in 2011 to #9 in 2021 in France.
Yes — 27 notable people named Adam are in our database, including Adam Sandler (Actor|musician), Adam Levine (Actor|musician), Adam Driver (Actor).
Yes — at least 5 celebrity couples have chosen Adam for their child, including Leonard Cohen.