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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Adam m. Classical Hebrew אָדָם 'earth, soil; man', from Classical Hebrew אדמה 'red earth, ground'.

The name of the Biblical first man created by God and of an 11th C Italian saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Adam. Geneva Bible (1560): Adam.

The name was sometimes used as an anglicization of Gaelic Áedán (cf. Aidan).

Brabant
Latin
1312 Adaem (nom) JeanIII p. 13, Adam (nom) ibid. p. 2, Ade (gen) ibid. p. 11
Czech Republic
Latin
1349 Adam (nom) chlumecky 15, Ade (dat) ibid. 95; 1350 Adam (nom) ibid. 170, Ade (gen) ibid. 165; 1351 Adam (nom) ibid. 31, Ade (dat) ibid. 14; 1353 Adam (nom) ibid. 67; 1358 Adam (nom) ibid. 234, p. 31
England
Latin
c1145x1159 Adam (nom) EYC-3 1666; 1155 Adam (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1, Adæ (gen) ibid. p. 121, fn. 1; 1185x1186 Adam (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 4, Ade (gen) ibid. p. 8; 1189 Adam (nom) GASurv p. 77, Ade (gen) ibid. p. 95; 1194 Ade (dat) RotCur-vol1 p. 5; c1198 Adam (nom) GASurv p. 242; 1256 Adam (nom) EARNb p. 6, Adæ (gen) ibid. p. 3; 1279–80 Ada (nom) WaHR-SK p. 41, Adam (nom) ibid. p. 54, Ade (dat) ibid. p. 35; 1296 Adam (nom) RCS-1 p. 93b, Ade (dat) ibid. p. 93b; 1299 Adam (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 3; 1300 Adam (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 232; 1302 Ada (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 4, Adam (nom) ibid. p. 4; 1327 Adam (abl) SaxhamSf p. 111; 1341 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 111; 1377 Adam (nom) FenPT-2 p. 5; 1381 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 6, Suffolk1381 p. 68, Adami (gen) ibid. p. 87, Adamo (abl) ibid. p. 100, Ade (nom) ibid. p. 96; 1395 Adam (abl) EEW p. 10; 1408 Adam (nom) GCCYork p.11; 1436 Adam (dat) WillsInv LIX
Dutch
1576 Adam AuFr Boddens; 1578 Adam ibid. Billen; 1579 Adam ibid. Bolten
Middle English
1418 Adam EEW p. 29; 1426 Adam ibid. p. 74; 1434 Adam ibid. p. 98
Early Modern English
1525/6 Adam LIWill-III p. 1; 1530 Adam ibid. p. 64; 1542 Adam StAnthonlin p. 3; 1547 Adam BarnstapleBap p. 5; 1549 Adam StNick-Sf p. 2; 1562 Adam bruton-vol1 p. 32; 1582 Adam BUmar-vol9 p. 7; 1586 Adam OrpingtonKe p. 7; 1588 Adam BEmar-vol2 p. 69; 1591/2 Adam BEmar-vol1 p. 15; 1593 Adam OrpingtonKe p. 9; 1596 Adam BEmar-vol2 p.96; 1598 Adam DEmar-vol2 p. 37
Estonia
Middle Low German
1437 Daem BbRT p. 360
France
Latin
1101x1129 Adam (nom) CartStPC XXIII; 1143 Adam (nom) clairvaux-12thc 10; 1147 Adam (abl) CartNDdOurscamp XCVII, (nom) clairvaux-12thc 15; 1159 Adam (nom) ibid. 37; 1180 Adam (acc) RotScaNor p. 15; 1188 Adam (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCIV; 1206 Ade (gen) ibid. LVIII; 1214 Ade (gen) ibid. CXLI; 1222 Adam (nom) ibid. XXXVIII; 1255 Adam (nom) ArrestReg-volI I, Candlemas; 1257 Adam (nom) ibid. I, BMV, Adame (gen) ibid. IX, BMV; 1258 Adam (nom) ibid. XVI, BMV, Ade (gen) ibid. III, Candlemas; 1300 Ade (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXIX; 1301 Adam (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 203, Adams (nom) ibid. p. 231, Adans (nom) ibid. p. 227, Ade (gen) ibid. p. 203; 1378 Adaems (gen) hanquetvol1 1649, Ade (dat) ibid. 424
Old French
1296 Adam paris1296 p. 3; 1301 Adan (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 241; 1313 Adan Paris1313 p. 2
1296 Adenot paris1296 p. 42; 1313 Adenet Paris1313 p. 88
Middle French
1388 Adam thierry; 1418 Adam HGParis p. 374; 1421 Adam favier 587; 1423 Adam ibid. 34; 1438 Adam ibid.; 1562 Adam RegPCC-1 p. 8; 1563 Adam ibid. p. 41, Adan ibid. p. 43; 1564 Adam ibid. p. 45, Adan ibid. p. 77; 1566 Adam ibid. p. 208
1418 Adenet HGParis p. 378; 1421 Adenet favier 425; 1423 Adenet ibid. 64; 1438 Adenet ibid. 267, Adenin ibid. 74
Germany
Latin
790x814 Adam (nom) HambUrk-vol1 III; 963x1023 Ada (gen) TradCorb §225; 1151 Adam (nom) mairhofer XL; 1196 Adam (abl) quix-vol1 68
Early New High German
1497 Adam Nurn1497 p. 1
Hungary
Hungarian
1321 Odon Slíz p. 13; 1322 Odun ibid. p. 13
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Ada (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 8, Adam (nom) ibid. III, p. 5, Ade (gen) ibid. III, p. 7
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Adammi (gen) BBC-Berg 137; 1279 Adammi (gen) ibid. p. XLIII; 1288 Adammi (gen) ibid. p. XLIV; 1295 Adammus (nom) ibid. p. XLV; 1376 Adano (abl) DouGen1 p. 169, Adanus (nom) ibid. p. 254; 1522x1532 Adam (nom) DSF p. 54, 58
Latvia
Latin
1290 Adam (nom) RigSB 20; 1294 Adam (nom) ibid. 53; 1296 Adam (nom) ibid. 65; 1297 Adam (nom) ibid. 76, Ade (dat) ibid. 260; 1299 Adam (nom) ibid. 86
Middle Low German
1565x1577 Adams Arbusow p. 97
Lithuania
Polish
1551x1555 Adama (gen) Kaunas2006 p. 85
The Netherlands
Dutch
1579 Adams (gen) MagMiddelburg-1560; 1580 Adams (gen) ibid.; 1581 Adams (gen) ibid.
Scotland
Latin
c1120 Adam (abl) ESC XXXV; 1174x99 Ada (abl) CartLevenax p. 12; a1177 Adam (abl) CartNBer 3; 1214–1226 Ada (abl) morton-vol1 2, Adam (abl) ibid. 1; 1238 Ada (abl) CartStAndrew p. 2; 1376 Adam (nom) morton-vol1 16; c1377 Adam (abl) ibid. 4; 1424 Adam (abl) RMSRS-2 3, Ade (gen) ibid. 18; 1425 Adam (abl) ibid. 27, Ade (dat) ibid. 34
Scots
1376 Ade (unc) morton-vol1 16; c1550 Adamis (gen) CartNBer p. xxv
Sweden
Latin
1350 Adam (dat) SDHK no. 6023
Ukraine
Latin
1469 Adam (nom) AGZ-18 21
Wales
Latin
1247 Adam (abl) ArchCambIII p. 228; 1452 Adda (nom) ibid. p. 72; 1454 Adda (nom) ibid. p. 71; 1455 Adda (nom) ibid. p. 258
Cite as: R. Le Get, N. Shiel, M. Slíz, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Adam". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Adam.