Adhemar

Meaning & origin●

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◐

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

• a separate given name94 records spelled Adhemar2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bolivia, United States

  Also written Adhémar

• Arabic given name45 records spelled Adhemar2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Ądhêmâr

• Hindi given name37 records spelled Adhemar2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bolivia, United States

  Also written Adhémar

40 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.

Over time●

BR IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) — 8 years between 1930–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Adhémar-Louis de Clermont-Gallerandb. 1837FRFrench painter (1837–1895)
• Adhemar Geerebaertb. 1876BEBelgian teacher (1876-1944)
• Adhemar Pimentab. 1896BRBrazilian football manager (1896-1970)
• Adhemar dos Santosb. 1896BRassociation football player
• Adhemar Canavesib. 1903UYAssociation footballer (1903-1984)
• Adhemar da Silva Rochab. 1908BRBrazilian chess player (1908-1975)
• Adhemar Ferreira da Silvab. 1927BRBrazilian triple jumper (1927–2001)
• Adhemar Esquivel Kohenqueb. 1929BORoman Catholic bishop (1929–2013)
• Adhemar Bultheelb. 1948BEBelgian mathematician and computer scientist
• Adhemar Ferreira de Camargo Netob. 1972BRBrazilian 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 · 223 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adhemar?

We estimate roughly 935 people bear Adhemar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Adhemar have the most bearers?

Adhemar is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled adhemar.

How common is Adhemar compared with other names?

In Bolivia, Adhemar is the 105th most common given name of 14,901 given names recorded there.

Is Adhemar a male or female name?

Adhemar 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 Adhemar mean?

Recorded meaning: Origine germanique, signifie « noble maison ».