Adam (given name)

Adam is a male first name and a family name.

Origin and Meaning

Adam is the Hebrew word for " Earthling " and referred to in the Tanakh the first man. In Gen 2:7 the name is placed in relation to the Hebrew word for adamah the ground, from the " dust " (Heb. afar ) the man was formed by God. Probably you can adam and adama traced back to the basic meaning of " skin surface ".

Name Days

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Variants

• Adamo
• Adams
• Adamus
• Adán ( Spanish)
• Adão ( Portuguese)
• Addams
• Adem (Albanian, Arabic, Turkish )
• Adomas ( Lithuanian )

Bearers of the name

• Adam, biblical figure, see Adam and Eve
• Adam qadmon, original man in the Kabbalistic teaching

First name

• Adam Adrio (1901-1973), German musicologist and university professor
• Adam I. ( Beth-shan ), French Crusaders
• Adam I. ( Taqali ), ruler of the Kingdom Taqali
• Adam I de Beaumont († 1190 ), French aristocrat
• Adam I. Neuhaus (Adam I. z Hradce; 1494-1531 ), Bohemian nobleman
• Adam II ( Beth-shan ) (c. 1107- before 1161 ), Lord of Beth-shan in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• Adam II ( Taqali ), ruler of the Kingdom Taqali
• Adam II von Neuhaus (1546-1596), Bohemian nobleman
• Adam ( bishop) († 1222 ), Bishop of Caithness
• Adam of Bochinia († 1514), Polish physician and humanist
• Adam of Bremen (c. 1050-1081/1085 ), German chronicler
• Adam of Ebrach († 1166 ), German Cistercian monk, abbot of Ebrach
• Adam of Fulda († 1505), German composer and music theorist
• Adam Ant (born 1954 ), British lead singer
• Adam Beach (born 1972 ), Canadian actor
• Adam Copeland (born 1973 ), Canadian wrestler
• Adam Darski ( b. 1977 ), Polish musicians
• Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610), German painter and draftsman
• Adam Ferguson (1723-1816), British historian
• Adam Gontier (born 1978 ), Canadian rock singer
• Adam Green ( born 1981 ), American singer and song-writer
• Adam Green (director) (born 1971 ), American film director and screenwriter
• Adam de la Halle ( 1237-1286/1287 ), French poet and composer
• Adam Hanuszkiewicz (1924-2011), Polish actor and theater director
• Adam Hochschild ( born 1942 ), American journalist and writer
• Adam Horovitz (born 1966 ), American musician and producer
• Adam Irigoyen (* 1997), American actor and voice actor
• Adam Jaskolka (* 1979), German actor, singer and director
• Adam Kraft († 1509 ), German sculptor
• Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770-1846), Russian Admiral
• Adam Kuckhoff (1887-1943), German dramatist, writer and resistance fighter
• Adam Lamberg ( born 1984 ), American actor
• Adam of Lebenwaldt (1624-1696), Austrian epigrams and teacher of medicine
• Adam Levine ( b. 1979 ), American singer and guitarist
• Adam Maher ( * 1993), Dutch footballer
• Adam Malysz ( b. 1977 ), Polish ski jumper
• Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), Polish poet
• Adam Heinrich Müller (1779-1829), German political and social theorists
• Adam Friedrich Oeser (1717-1799), German painter and sculptor
• Adam OLEARIUS (1603-1671), German writer
• Adam Opel (1837-1895), German industrialist
• Adam of Perseigne (* 1145, † 1221 ), French Cistercian abbot (from 1188 in Perseigne ) and theological writer
• Adam Marian Pete (* 1966), German painter
• Adam Rapacki (1909-1970), Polish politician
• Adam Ries ( Adam Riese; 1492-1559 ), German Reckoner
• Adam Rudolph ( born 1955 ), American percussionist and composer
• Adam Sandler (born 1966 ), American comedian and actor
• Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), British geologist
• Adam Smith (1723-1790), British economist
• Adam Steger Forest (1874-1945), Prussian politician
• Ádám Szalai (* 1987), the Hungarian football player
• Adam von Trott (1909-1944), German jurist, diplomat and resistance fighter
• Adam Weishaupt (1748-1830), German philosopher

Family name

A

• Adolf Adam ( theologian ) ( 1912-2005 ), German theologian and liturgist
• Adolf Adam ( computer scientist ) ( 1918-2004 ), Austrian Computer
• Adolphe Adam (1803-1856), French composer
• Ahmed Adam (* 1987), Sudanese float
• Albrecht Adam (1786-1862), German painter
• Alexander Adam (1741-1809), British classical scholar
• Alfons Adam ( b. 1944 ), Austrian lawyer and politician
• Alfred Adam ( physician) ( 1888-1956 ), German physician
• Alfred Adam ( theologian ) ( 1899-1975 ), German Protestant theologian
• Alfred Adam (actor ) ( 1908-1982 ), French actor and screenwriter
• André Adam ( sociologist ) ( 1911-1991 ), French sociologist and anthropologist
• André Adam ( diplomat ) ( b. 1936 ), a Belgian diplomat
• Andreas Adam (1699-1746), German architect
• Adam Anna (* 1963), German painter and stage designer
• Antoine Adam (1899-1980), a French linguist and literary scholar
• August Adam (1888-1965), German Catholic priest and theologian
• August Wilhelm Theodor Adam (1833-1886), German musician
• Auguste de Villiers de L' Isle- Adam (1838-1889), French writer

B

• Baki Adam (born 1962 ), Turkish religious scholar and writer
• Bashir Adam (* 1987), German Taekwondo athlete
• Benno Adam (1812-1892), German painter
• Bill Adam ( born 1946 ), Canadian race car driver
• Birgit Adam (born 1971 ), German literature and communication studies
• Brian Adam (1948-2013), Scottish politician
• Adam Bruno (1846-1918), architect and construction officer, Mr Saxon

C

• Charlie Adam ( born 1985 ), Scottish football player
• Christian Adam ( artist) ( b. 1941 ), German artist
• Christian Adam (Author) (born Christian Härtel; * 1966), German non-fiction author
• Christian Adam ( footballer ) ( b. 1983 ), German football player

D

• Dieter Adam ( born 1935 ), German physicians
• Adam Dietrich (* 1953), German actor

E

• Edmund Adam (1884-1958), German chess player
• Emil Adam (1843-1924), German painter
• Éric Adam ( born 1960 ), a Belgian comic book writer
• Ernst Adam ( writer ) ( 1879-1919 ), German writer
• Ernst Adam (priest) ( 1884-1955 ), German Roman Catholic priest
• Euchar Adam (1748-1830), German theologian
• Eugene Adam (1817-1880), German painter

F

• François Adam ( cyclist ), Belgian cyclist
• François Gaspard Adam (1710-1761), French sculptor
• François- Nestor Adam (1903-1990), Swiss Bishop of Sion
• Franz Adam (1815-1886), German painter and lithographer
• Frédéric Adam (born 1973 ), French footballer
• Frederick Adam (1784-1853), British general
• Fritz Adam (1889-1945), German politician
• Adam Fritz (journalist ) ( 1906-1945 ), German journalist and poet

G

• Gaël Adam ( born 1986 ), Mauritian swimmers
• George Adam (born 1969 ), Scottish politician
• Gerold Adam (1933-1996), German biophysicist
• Adam Gordon ( born 1934 ), British politician
• Adam Gordy (1915-1992), American rower
• Graeme Mercer Adam (1839-1912), Canadian writer and editor

B

• Hans Adam ( naval officer ) ( 1883-1948 ), German naval officer
• Hans Adam ( Pilot Officer ) ( 1886-1917 ), German air force officer
• Hans Adam ( footballer ), German football player
• Hans Adam ( zoologist ) ( 1925-2013 ), Austrian zoologist
• Hans Heinrich Adam (1919-2007), German painter
• Hans Karl Adam (1915-2000), German TV chef
• Heinrich Adam (painter) ( 1787-1862 ), German painter and etcher
• Heinrich Adam (architect ) ( 1839-1905 ), German - Austrian architect
• Heinrich Adam ( resistance fighters ) ( 1908-1997 ), German resistance fighter
• Helen Adam (1909-1993), American author and artist
• Hella Adam ( b. 1942 ), German classical philologist
• Helmut Adam (born 1973 ), German bartender, nonfiction author and entrepreneur
• Henri -Georges Adam (1904-1967), French painter, printmaker and sculptor
• Henry Adam (born 1964 ), British playwright
• Adam Herman (born 1965 ), Mexican track and field athlete
• Hermann Adam (* 1948), German economic and political scientist
• Adam Horst ( b. 1939 ), Sorbian journalist, writer and publicist

I

• Ivo Adam ( born 1977 ), Swiss chef and author

J

• Jacob Sigisbert Adam (1670-1747), French sculptor
• Jacob Adam ( clergyman ) ( 1568-1618 ), German Reformed preacher
• Jacob Adam ( graphic artist ) ( 1748-1811 ), Austrian engraver
• Jacob Adam (1797-1865), Swiss politician and lawyer
• Jacob Joseph Adam (1828-1888), Swiss politician
• James Adam (architect ) ( 1732-1794 ), British architect
• James Adam (1860-1907), British classical scholar
• Jean de Villiers de L' Isle- Adam († 1437), Marshal of France
• Jean -Edouard Adam (1768-1807), French physicist and chemist
• Jean -Paul Adam ( b. 1977 ), Seychelles float
• Jiří Adam ( born 1950 ), Czechoslovak Modern pentathlete
• Johann Adam (1871 -? ), German fencer
• Johann Jacob Adam (around 1720-1791 ), German artisans, silversmith and goldsmith
• John Adam († 1618), German Reformed theologian and clergyman
• John Adam ( biologist ) ( b. 1923 ), German biostatistician
• John Adam (architect ) ( 1721-1792 ), Scottish architect
• John Adam (Governor General ) ( 1779-1825 ), British civil servant
• Adam Joseph (born 1965 ), Seychelles Athlete
• Juliette Adam (1836-1936), French writer and women's rights activist
• Julius Adam (1821-1874), German painter, lithographer and photographer
• Julius Adam (1852-1913), German painter and lithographer

K

• Karl Adam ( physician) ( 1809-1887 ), German physician
• Karl Adam ( writer ) ( 1849-1916 ), Low German Author
• Karl Adam ( theologian ) ( 1876-1966 ), German Catholic theologian
• Karl Adam ( jurist ) ( 1899-1943 ), German lawyer and political appointee (NSDAP )
• Karl Adam ( rowing coach ) ( 1912-1976 ), German rowing coach
• Karl Adam ( politician) († 1917), member of the National Committee in Alsace-Lorraine
• Karl Adam ( footballer ) ( 1924-1999 ), German football player
• Karl Dietrich Adam (1921-2012), German palaeontologist
• Ken Adam ( born 1921 ), German Designer
• Klaus Adam ( b. 1942 ), German basketball player
• Konrad Adam ( b. 1942 ), German journalist and publicist
• Konrad Adam (painter), Austrian painter
• Krisztina Ádám ( born 1981 ), Hungarian badminton player
• Kurt Adam (1897-1973), German officer

L

• Lambert- Sigisbert Adam (1700-1759), French sculptor
• Adam Lawrence (1908-1941), a Dutch footballer
• Leonhard Adam (1891-1960), German ethnologist
• Louis Adam (1758-1848), French composer
• Adam Ludwig ( * 1949 ), Austrian musician
• Luke Adam (* 1990), Canadian ice hockey player

M

• Maja Ilić Adam ( born 1979 ), Serbian volleyball player
• Adam Marcus ( born 1968 ), British athlete and Bobsportler
• Margaret Adam (1885-1946), German high school teacher and Nazi victims
• Marianne Adam ( born 1951 ), German track and field athlete
• Marika Adam (born 1954 ), German actress
• Melchior Adam (around 1575-1622 ), German historian of literature
• Michael Adam (painter) ( 1865-1915 ), German painter
• Michael Adam ( politician ) ( born 1984 ), German politician ( SPD)
• Mihai Adam ( born 1940 ), the Romanian football player
• Mike Adam ( Michael B. Adam, born 1981 ), Canadian curler
• Miroslav Konštanc Adam ( b. 1963 ), Slovak religious clergyman, theologian and legal scholar
• Moustafa Adam ( born 1968 ), Egyptian Modern pentathlete
• Muna Jabir Adam (* 1987), Sudanese hurdler

N

• Nic Adam (1881 -? ), Luxembourg Turner
• Norbert Adam ( born 1931 ), Austrian journalist and sports official

O

• Olivier Adam ( born 1974 ), French writer and screenwriter
• Otto Adam (1909-1977), German fencer

P

• Paul Adam (1862-1920), French writer
• Paul Adam (Book Binder ) ( 1849-1931 ), German Buchbinder
• Peter Adam (director) ( born 1945 ), German film director and screenwriter
• Peter R. Adam ( born 1957 ), German Cutter
• Petra Adam Ferger (* 1944), German politician (SPD )
• Philipp Ludwig Adam (1813-1893), German entrepreneur and politician
• Philippe de Villiers de l' Isle- Adam (1464-1534), French nobleman and Grand Master of the Order of Malta
• Pierre Adam (* 1924), French cyclist

R

• Richard Benno Adam (1873-1937), German painter
• Robert Adam (1728-1792), British architect
• Ronald Adam (* 1958), German football player
• Russ Adam ( b. 1961 ), Canadian ice hockey player and coach

S

• Sándor Ádám (1892 -? ), Hungarian water polo player
• Shuaib Adam ( born 1953 ), Kenyan marksman
• Stefan Adam (born 1973 ), German handball player and manager
• Suzane Adam, Israeli author, games inventor and illustrator

T

• Theo Adam ( born 1926 ), German singer ( bass-baritone ) and director
• Tony Adam ( born 1986 ), German diver

U

• Udi Adam (born 1958 ), Israeli Major General
• Adam Ulrich ( born 1950 ), German politician ( CDU)
• Ursula Adam (1922-1979), German journalist and poet

V

• Victor Adam (1801-1867), French painter

W

• Waldemar Adam ( born 1937 ), German -American chemist
• Walter Adam (1886-1947), Austrian journalist and politician
• Adam Walther (1891-1964), German industrialist and art collector
• Adam Werner (1935-2009), German journalist and specialist in German
• Wilfrid Adam ( b. 1947 ), German politician ( SPD)

• Wilhelm Adam (General ) ( 1877-1949 ), German Colonel General
• Wilhelm Adam ( lieutenant general) ( 1877-1946 ), German Lieutenant General
• Wilhelm Adam ( politician ) ( 1893-1978 ), German army officer and politician (NSDAP, DVP, NDPD )
• Wilhelm Adam (SED ) ( 1905-1991 ), German politician ( SED)
• Wilhelm Adam ( district administrator ) ( 1906-1989 ), German District
• William Adam (1751-1839), British lawyer and politician
• Willibald Adam (1873-1935), German religious cleric, Abbot of Metten