Adamah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Adamah

What is the meaning of the name Adamah ?

The baby name Adamah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-DAH-mah (IPA: /a.daˈma/).

Adamah is Hebrew in Origin.

Adamah (Hebrew: אדמה, pronounced ah-dah-MAH) denotes “earth, ground, soil,” the feminine counterpart to ’adam “human.” Semitic wordplay links it with redness - dam “blood” and ’edom “red” - evoking fertile clay. In the Hebrew Bible it functions as a common noun for the land and as a place name in Joshua (a town in Naphtali). The name carries themes of earthiness, creation, and rootedness.

As a given name, Adamah is rare in earlier records but has seen modern revival in Hebrew- and English-speaking communities, often perceived as feminine because of the -ah ending yet usable unisex. Variants and relatives include Adama (streamlined/transliterated form, also widespread in West Africa as a form of Adam), Adam (cognate masculine), and the occasionally confused Igbo name Adamma (“good/beautiful child,” unrelated). Possible nicknames: Ada, Addy.

⚙ Adamah is a rare find. There are only 60 recorded uses of it in our data, from 12 countries.