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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Adam m. Classical Hebrew םדָאָ 'earth, soil; man', from Classical Hebrew המדא 'red earth, ground'.

The name of the Biblical first man created by God and of an 11th C Italian saint. Wyclif (1395): 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
England
Latin
1194 Ade (dat) RotCur-vol1 p. 5; 1279–80 Ada (nom) WaHR-SK p. 41, Adam (nom) ibid. p. 54, Ade (dat) ibid. p. 35; 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; 1381 Adam (nom) 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
Middle English
1418 Adam EEW p. 29; 1426 Adam ibid. p. 74; 1434 Adam ibid. p. 98
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
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; 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, 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.
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
Latin or Hungarian
1303 Adam Slíz p. 13; 1324 Adam ibid. p. 13; 1332–1337 Adam ibid. p. 13; 1340 Adam ibid. p. 13; 1341 Adam ibid. p. 13
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
Latvia
Latin
1290 Adam (nom) RigSB 20; 1294 Adam (nom) ibid. 53; 1296 Adam (nom) ibid. 65
Scotland
Latin
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
Scots
1376 Ade (unc) morton-vol1 16; c1550 Adamis (gen) CartNBer p. xxv
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