Adam

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Адам in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more and Ádám in HU Hungary.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Adam is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hungarian given name933K records spelled Adam5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Finland, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Ádám, Ädäm

• French given name674K records spelled Adam54 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Ádám, Adàm, Adâm, Àdàm, Ãdãm

• Portuguese given name444K records spelled Adam189 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Mexico, Argentina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English

  Also written Adao, Adan, Adão, Adán, Aedan

• Indonesian given name166K records spelled Adam20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Nigeria

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Adam, Adam', Ãdäm, Ådám, Ädäm

• a separate given name129K records spelled Adam15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Pakistan

  Also written Ádám, Àdam, Adám, Ädäm, Adâm

• English surname37K records spelled Adam82 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, Netherlands, Tanzania

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Adamu, Aedam, Ádám, Adaem, A'Dam

• Uzbek given name20K records spelled Adam22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Uzbek, Kazakh, Turkish

  Also written Адам, Адәм, Ãdam, Âdäm, Adăm

116 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Adam is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• He represents the origin of humanity and the entry of sin into the world; in Christianity, he typifies the 'Old Man' in contrast to Christ as the 'New Man'.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• A classic, enduring name of Hebrew origin meaning 'son of the red earth' or 'man', popular across Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• Human; Mankind; Earth/Ground (derived from Hebrew 'adamah')

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• In English, from Hebrew Adam 'red'; found in DB and common thereafter; first attested Adam Warenarius 1146–53 DC (London)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, May be patronymic, but in medieval use often chosen for the biblical name Adam, Hebrew for ‘man’.

  as a name·Scottish Surnames

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Henryk Sienkiewiczb. 1846PLnot in their usual namePolish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)
• Adam Sandlerb. 1966USAmerican actor and comedian
• Adam Savageb. 1967USAmerican special effects specialist and television host
• Adam McKayb. 1968USAmerican filmmaker (born 1968)
• Spike Jonzeb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican filmmaker (born 1969)
• Adam Scottb. 1973USAmerican actor (born 1973)
• Adam Levineb. 1979USAmerican singer (born 1979)
• Jake McLaughlinb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
• Jesse Eisenbergb. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
• Joe Jonasb. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, actor and musician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,977 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adam?

We estimate roughly 1.2 million people bear Adam (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Adam have the most bearers?

We estimate about 496 thousand people bear Adam in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled adam.

Where is Adam most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Adam is densest in Poland — about 1 in 96 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Adam compared with other names?

In the United States, Adam is the 122nd most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Adam a male or female name?

Adam is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Adam mean?

Recorded meaning: from the male personal name Adam, from Hebrew, literally 'man'; also used attributively for things designed by James and/or Robert Adam