Adam
Meaning of Adam
Adam, pronounced AD-uhm, springs from the ancient Hebrew word for “earth,” and the name sits as steady as rich brown soil after the first monsoon shower. In both the Bible and the Qur’an, Adam strides in as humanity’s opening act—the pioneer who proves that every epic tale needs a brave first step. From Jerusalem to Jodhpur, parents have reached for this timeless pick whenever they wish their little laddoo a life of fresh starts and fertile promise. American moms and dads agree; Adam has hugged the U.S. Top 100 for half a century and even cracked the Top 20 during the neon-bright eighties. Short to spell, smooth on the ears, playful yet dependable—no fig leaf required—Adam offers any baby boy a clean slate and a hero’s launchpad.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as AD-uhm (/ˈad.əm/)
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Notable People Named Adam
| Adam Lambert is an American singer songwriter and actor who rose to fame as the 2009 American Idol runner up, saw his debut album For Your Entertainment reach number three on the Billboard 200, and earned a Grammy nomination for Whataya Want from Me. |
| Adam Smith was a Scottish Enlightenment economist and philosopher whose The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments earned him the title father of economics and helped launch modern economic thought with ideas like absolute advantage. |
| Adam Bernard Mickiewicz was a Polish Romantic poet and dramatist, revered as a national poet of Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus, widely regarded as Poland's greatest poet, influential in Ukrainian and Russian literature, and often compared to Byron and Goethe. |
| Adam Peaty is an English sprint breaststroke swimmer who won 100 metre breaststroke gold in 2016 and again at Tokyo 2020, ending a 24 year wait for a British male champion and becoming the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title. |
| Adam Goodes is a former Sydney Swans AFL star, a dual Brownlow and premiership winner, four time All Australian and Indigenous Team of the Century member who represented Australia and once held the Indigenous games record. |
| Actor Adam West, born William West Anderson, starred as Batman in the 1960s TV series and 1966 film, reprising the role through 2017, and appeared in Geronimo, The Outlaws Is Coming, and Robinson Crusoe on Mars. |
| Adam Driver is an American actor who broke out on the HBO series Girls with three Emmy nominations and became famous for playing Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. |
| Adam Sandler is an American actor and comedian known for leading film comedies, an Independent Spirit Award, numerous major award nominations, and the 2023 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. |
| Adam Savage is an American special effects designer and TV personality best known as MythBusters co host with Jamie Hyneman, with model work on Star Wars Episode II and The Matrix Reloaded; he also hosts Savage Builds and runs the Tested website and YouTube channel. |
| American comics artist Adam Kubert is best known for Marvel and DC titles like The Incredible Hulk, Wolverine, Ultimate Fantastic Four, and Action Comics. |
| Adam Pendleton is an American conceptual artist whose multidisciplinary works explore language and reframe history through borrowed images. |
| David Adam LaRoche is an American baseball coach and former MLB player who spent 12 seasons with the Braves, Pirates, Red Sox, Diamondbacks, Nationals, and White Sox, and is the son of Dave LaRoche and brother of Andy LaRoche. |
| Adam William Herbert Jr is a retired American academic leader who led the University of North Florida, the State University System of Florida, and Indiana University, becoming the first African American to hold the latter two roles. |
| Adam Gase is an American football coach who rose to prominence with the Denver Broncos record setting 2013 offense and later led the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets as head coach. |
| Adam Sessler is an American video game journalist and TV personality best known for hosting Xplay and leading G4 game coverage, and he was the longest tenured on air figure at the network from 1998 to 2012. |
