Adama

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 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◐

Adama is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name33K records spelled Adama10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ādama, Ãdåmã, Àdâmà, Adamá

• Spanish given name13K records spelled Adama11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Peru, United States, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Nazret, Ádama, Ãdåmã, Ädämã, Ādama

• Amharic surname613 records spelled Adama7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Nigeria, Senegal

  Also written አደመ, Ademe, አደሜ, አድም, Adim

67 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●

Adama 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.

• Majestic

  as a name·The book of African names

• In Swahili, Hausa-Fulani feminine form of Adam

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Igbo, Ibo: beautiful child or queenly.

  as a name·African Names

• In Swahili, born on Friday

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• beautiful child

  as a name·African Names

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) — 49 years between 1973–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Adama Barrowb. 1965GM3rd President of the Gambia
• Adama Nianeb. 1966FRFrench actor (1966–2023)
• Adama Coulibalyb. 1980MLMalian footballer
• Adama Guirab. 1988BFBurkinabé footballer
• Adama Diomandeb. 1990NONorwegian association football player
• Adama Traoréb. 1990AUIvoirian-Australian footballer
• Adama Mbengueb. 1993SNSenegalese footballer (born 1993)
• Adama Traoréb. 1995MLMalian footballer (born 28 June 1995)
• Adama Traoréb. 1995MLMalian footballer (born 5 June 1995)
• Adama Traoréb. 1996ESSpanish association football player

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 · 269 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adama?

We estimate roughly 6.7 thousand people bear Adama (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Adama have the most bearers?

We estimate about 3.0 thousand people bear Adama in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled adama.

How common is Adama compared with other names?

In Burkina Faso, Adama is the 6th most common given name of 3,081 given names recorded there.

Is Adama a male or female name?

Adama is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Adama mean?

Recorded meaning: Female form of Adam; Eve-associated name.