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| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | "The ground" "Earth" |
| Region of Origin | Hebrew |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Adam |
In Arabic Adam (آدم) means "made from the earth/mud/clay".
People with the given name Adam
- Adam of Ebrach (died 1161), German abbot and historian
- Adam (Malaysian singer) (born 1983), stage name of Mohd Aizam Mat Saman
- Adam Acres, (May 1878 – 1955), an Ontario farmer and political figure
- Adam Adami (1603 or 1610 – 1663), a German diplomat and priest
- Adam Afriyie (born 1965), British politician
- Adam Afzelius (1750 – 1837), Swedish botanist
- Adam Agius, lead vocalist of the Australian progressive metal band Alchemist
- Adam Aitken (born 1960), an Australian poet
- Adam Ant (born 1954), British pop singer
- Adam Arkin (born 1956), American television, film, and stage actor and director
- Sir Adam Beck (1857 – 1925), Canadian politician
- Adam Browne (born 1963), Australian science fiction writer
- Adam Buxton (born 1969), British actor/writer/TV presenter
- Adam Carolla (born 1964), American actor
- Adam Clayton, (born 1960) bass player in U2
- Adam Copeland (born 1973), Canadian pro wrestler "Edge"
- Adam A. Crown, an instructor of classical and historical fencing in Ithaca, New York
- Adam Curry (born 1964), original MTV VJ
- Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770 — 1861), Polish leader
- Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734-1823), Polish writer and statesman
- Adam d'Ambergau (15th century), Bavarian compositor
- Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1731 - 1804), British admiral
- Adam Dunn, (born 1979), Outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Adam Emmenecker (born 1985), American basketball player
- Adam Ferrara, American actor and comedian
- Adam Gardner, lead guitarist for the rock band Guster
- Adam Gontier (Born 1978), lead singer of Canadian alternative rock band Three Days Grace
- Adam Green (musician) (born 1981), American musician
- Adam Hart-Davis (born 1943), English Scientist and Television presenter
- Adam Higgins Scottish Paralympic Polevault Champion
- Adam Horovitz (born 1966), aka Ad-Rock, a member of the Beastie Boys
- Adam Ingram (Labour politician) (born 1947), Scottish politician
- Adam Ingram (SNP politician) (born 1951), Scottish politician
- Adam Jones (born 1965), American Guitarist
- Adam Keller (born 1955), Israeli peace activist
- Adam Kennedy (born 1976) 2nd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Adam Adamandy Kochański (1631 – 1700), a Polish mathematician
- Adam Kopycinski (1907 - 1982), Polish composer
- Adam Cardinal Kozlowiecki (1911 - 2007), Polish archbishop
- Adam Lazzara (born 1981), lead singer of Taking Back Sunday
- Adam Levine (born 1979), lead singer and guitarist for Maroon 5
- Adam Loftus (Archbishop) (1533-1605), Irish archbishop
- Adam Malik (1917 - 1984), Indonesia's third vice president
- Adam Małysz (born 1977), Polish ski jumper
- Adam Mickiewicz (1798 – 1855), Polish poet
- Adam Oates (born 1962), Canadian hockey player
- Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1779–1850), Danish poet
- Adam Pearce (born 1978), American professional wrestler
- Adam Petty (1980 – 2000), American racecar driver
- Adam Pine (born 1976), Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer.
- Adam Putnam (born 1974), American politician
- Adam Raphael (born 1938), English journalist
- Adam Rapacki (1909–1970), Polish politician and diplomat
- Adam Rickitt (born 1978), English actor
- Adam Ries (1492 – 1559), German mathematician
- Adam Daniel Rotfeld (born 1938), Polish Foreign Minister
- Adam Ruckwood (born 1974), British backstroke swimmer
- Adam Sandler (born 1966), American film actor
- Adam Aleksander Sanguszko (1590 - 1653), a noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Adam Savage (born 1967), co-host on MythBusters
- Adam Schiff (born 1960), American politician
- Adam Sessler (born 1973), co-host on X-Play
- Adam Setliff (born 1969), American discus thrower
- Adam Smith (1723-1790), economist and author of Wealth of Nations
- Adam Smith (defender) (born 1985), English footballer for Peterborough United
- Adam Smith (forward) (born 1985), English footballer for Chesterfield
- Adam Smith (ice hockey) (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
- Adam Smith (politician) (born 1965), American Democratic politician
- Adam Teuto, 14th century German writer
- Adam von Trott zu Solz (1909 – 1944), German lawyer and diplomat who opposed the Nazi regime
- Adam Willis Wagnalls (1843 - 1924), American dictionary publisher
- Adam Walker (born 1987), English flautist
- Adam West (born 1928), American television actor
- Adam Yauch (born 1964), aka MCA, a member of the Beastie Boys
- Adam Zamoyski (born 1949), English historian
People with the surname Adam
see also Adams (surname)
- Adolphe Adam (1803 – 1856), French composer and music critic
- Aimé Adam (born 1913), Canadian politician
- Albrecht Adam (1786 – 1862), German painter
- Benno Adam (1812 - 1892, Kehlheim), German painter
- Charles Adam (1780 – 1853), British naval officer
- Charles Adam (philosopher), French philosopher
- Charlie Adam (born 1985), Scottish footballer
- Charlie Adam, Sr., a Scottish footballer
- Eugen Adam (1817 – 1880), German painter
- François Gaspard Balthazar Adam (1710 - 1761), French sculptor
- Sir Frederick Adam (1781-1853), Scottish major-general
- Graeme Mercer Adam (1839 – 1912), Canadian author, editor, and publisher
- Heinrich Adam (1787 - 1862), German painter
- Helen Adam (1909 - 1993), Scottish-American poet
- Jacob Adam (1748 - 1811), German copper etcher
- James Adam (architect), Scottish architect, brother of Robert
- James Adam (classicist), a Scottish Classics scholar
- Jean Adam, Scottish poet
- Jenö Ádám (1896-1982), Hungarian composer and music educator
- Johann Friedrich Adam (died 1806), Russian botanist, later called Michael Friedrich Adams
- John Adam (actor), Australian actor
- John Adam (architect) was one of the Adam Brothers, the well known partnership of Scottish eighteenth century architects
- John Adam (hoax), the name given by Islamic militants of a U.S. soldier that they claimed to have captured.
- John Adam (India) (1779-1825), British administrator in India, serviing as the acting governor-general of the British East India Company in 1823.
- John Adam (rugby league footballer), an Ausralian rugby league player and inaugural head of the players union.
- Juliette Adam (1836 – 1936), French writer
- Jumaat Haji Adam (born 1956), botanist
- Karl Adam (footballer) (1924 - 1999), German footballer
- Karl Adam (rowing coach) (1912 – 1976), German rowing coach
- Karl Adam (theologian) (1876 - 1966), German Catholic theologian
- Sir Ken Adam (born 1921), British production designer
- Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700 – 1759), French sculptor
- Melchior Adam (1575 - 1622), German historian
- Mike Adam (born 1981), Canadian curler
- Robert Adam (1728 – 1792), Scottish architect, creator of the Adam style
- Roger Adam, French aeronautical engineer
- Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer
- Udi Adam (born 1959), Israeli general
- Ulrich Adam (born 1950), German politician
- William Adam (architect) (1689–1748), Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur
- William Adam (MP) (1751–1839), Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) in the British Parliament and subsequently a judge
- William Adam (artist) (1846–1931), English landscape artist who worked in California for 33 years
- William Adam (malacologist) (1909–1988), Belgian malacologist
- William Adam (trumpeter) (born 1917), American trumpeter, and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University
- Yekutiel Adam (1927 – 1982), Israeli general
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