


Adam Adamson (1884–1984), New Zealand businessman, accountant, and politician.Adam Adamowicz (1968–2012), American video game concept artist.Adam Adami (1603 or 1610 – 1663), German diplomat and priest.Adam Adami (born 1992), Brazilian footballer.Adam Adamczyk (born 1950), Polish judoka.

Adam Acres (1878–1955), Canadian politician and farmer.Adam Abramowicz (1710–1766), Polish Jesuit.Adam Abraham von Gaffron und Oberstradam (1665–1738), member of the Gaffron noble family.1540), Scottish chronicler, friar at Jedburgh Abbey Adam Abeddou (born 1996), French footballer.1990–2001), name given to the victim of an unsolved Thames murder case

1130–1181), Welsh theologian and Bishop of St Asaph Adam, Count of Schwarzenberg (1583–1641), Brandenburg official during the Thirty Years' War.Adam (bishop of Ourense) (died 1173/74), Spanish clergy.Adam of Melrose (died 1222), Bishop of Caithness.Adam of Ebrach (died 1161), German abbot and historian.1212), Anglo-Scottish theologian and Carthusian monk Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740–1793), French general.Adam of Bremen, 11th-century German chronicler.Adam, the first man, according to many religions.In Arabic, Adam ( آدم) means "made from earth's mud". In other languages, there are similar surnames derived from Adam, such as Adamo, Adamov, Adamowicz, Adamski, etc. Adán and Adão are the Spanish and Portuguese forms, respectively.Īdam is also a surname in many countries, although it is not as common in English as its derivative Adams (sometimes spelled Addams). In most languages, its spelling is the same, although the pronunciation varies somewhat. Its Biblical and Quranic uses have ensured that it is a common name in countries which draw on these traditions, and it is particularly common in Christian and Muslim majority countries. The name derives from the Hebrew noun adamah, meaning "the ground" or "earth". Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Chapel ceilingĪdam is a common masculine given name in the English language, of Hebrew origin.
