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).
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1110 Adam (nom) CartStBert 4
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Adaem (nom) JeanIII p. 13,
Adam (nom) ibid. p. 2,
Ade (gen) ibid. p. 11
- Czech Republic
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- 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
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- 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;
1222 Adam (nom) StPaulDom p. 15,
Ade (gen) ibid. p. 11;
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;
1557 Adda RegSASel p. 2;
1560/1 Adda ibid. p. 7;
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 Bar-in-El p. 33,
DEmar-vol2 p. 37
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1437 Daem BbRT p. 360
- France
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- 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;
1567 Adam ibid. p. 309;
1568 Adam ibid. p. 415
- ◑ 1418 Adenet HGParis p. 378;
1421 Adenet favier 425;
1423 Adenet ibid. 64;
1438 Adenet ibid. 267,
Adenin ibid. 74
- Germany
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- 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
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- Latin
- ● 1303 Adam (nom) Slíz p. 13;
1321 Odon (nom) ibid. p. 13;
1322 Odun ibid. p. 13;
1324 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 13;
1332–1337 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 13;
1340 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 13;
1341 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 13
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Ada (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 8,
Adam (nom) ibid. III, p. 5,
Ade (gen) ibid. III, p. 7
- Italy
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- 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;
1464 Adanus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI;
1522x1532 Adam (nom) DSF p. 54, 58
- Latvia
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- 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
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- Polish
- ● 1551x1555 Adama (gen) Kaunas2006 p. 85
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1579 Adams (gen) MagMiddelburg-1560;
1580 Adams (gen) ibid.;
1581 Adams (gen) ibid.
- Scotland
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- 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
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Adam (dat) SDHK no. 6023
- Ukraine
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- Latin
- ● 1469 Adam (nom) AGZ-18 21
- Wales
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- 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
- Early Modern English
- ● 1578 Adam RegLlantrithyd p. 61;
1582 Adam ibid. p. 33
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. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Adam.