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. Sagradas Escrituras (1569): Adam, Adama, Adán.
The name was sometimes used as an anglicization of Gaelic Áedán (cf. Aidan).
The English diminutives Adcok, Adken, Adkyn, Atkyn, and Attkynare witnessed in 1379 in the relational bynames Adcoksoñ (WRYPT1 p. 289), Adkensoñ (WRYPT1 p. 44), Adkynsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 18), Atkynsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 23), and Attkynsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 43).
- Austria
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- Early New High German
- ● 1437 Adam (nom) ChronSH p. 8;
1529 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 12;
1533 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 12
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1110 Adam (nom) CartStBert 4;
1180 Adam (nom) TSPDB-II p. 65
- Dutch
- ● 1597x1598 Adam BoonenGes p. 368
- 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
- ● 1343 Adam (nom) Rössler2 294, p. 135;
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,
Ade (dat) ibid. 305, p. 33;
1360 Adam (nom) ibid. 481, p. 40,
Ade (dat) ibid. 480, p. 40;
1377 Adae (gen) LDFPUP1 p. 32;
1383 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 11;
1384 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 2;
1389 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 4;
1390 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 16;
1408 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 22;
1409 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 22;
1412 Adam (acc) ibid. p. 8
- 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;
1183 Adam (nom) BoldonBuke p. 9;
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;
1319 Adam (acc) PSS-CXIV 5a,
Ade (gen) ibid. 5a;
1325 Adam (nom) ibid. 11,
Ade (gen) ibid. 10f;
1327 Adam (abl) SaxhamSf p. 111;
1340xc1450 Adam (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 1,
Ade (gen) ibid. p. 2;
1341 Adam (nom) SaxhamSf p. 111;
1377 Adam (nom) FenPT-2 p. 5;
1379 Adam (nom) WRYPT1 p. 2;
1381 Adam (nom) FenPT-2 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;
1485–1486 Ade (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 57
- Anglo-French
- ● 1245–1250[1586] Adam Glover 117
- Dutch
- ● 1507 Adam AuFr Willarts;
1572 Adam ibid. Kunx;
1574 Adam ibid. Kinderen;
1576 Adam ibid. Boddens;
1578 Adam ibid. Billen;
1579 Adam ibid. Bolten;
1580 Adam ibid. Kinderen;
1581 Adam ibid. Kinderen;
1582 Adam ibid. Nauwen;
1583 Adam ibid. Kinderen;
1584 Adam ibid. Laurents;
1585 Adam ibid. Willarts;
1587 Adam ibid. Wessels;
1589 Adam ibid. Sinnicke;
1590 Adam ibid. Mulder;
1594 Adam ibid. Mominckx;
1595 Adam ibid. Meunix;
1596 Adam ibid. Muninx;
1598 Adam ibid. Meunincx
- 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;
1532–1533 Adam CovGuild-2 p. 123;
1542 Adam StAnthonlin p. 3;
1544 Adam SurMus I;
1547 Adam BarnstapleBap p. 5;
1549 Adam StNick-Sf p. 2;
1557 Adda RegSASel p. 2;
1560/1 Adda ibid. p. 7;
1562 Adam bruton1 p. 32;
1569 Adam SurMus II;
1582 Adam BUmar-vol9 p. 7;
1583/4 Adam SurMus p. 31;
1586 Adam OrpingtonKe p. 7;
1588 Adam BEmar-vol2 p. 69;
1591/2 Adam BEmar-vol1 p. 15;
1591 Adam RegSoAMar p. 15;
1593 Adam OrpingtonKe p. 9;
1595 Adam RegSoAMar p. 17;
1596 Adam BEmar-vol2 p.96;
1598 Adam Bar-in-El p. 33,
DEmar-vol2 p. 37;
1599 Adam RegGorton p. 1
- Walloon
- ● 1581 Adam RWC p. 3;
1582 Adam ibid. p. 5;
1592 Adam ibid. p. 23;
1593 Adam ibid. p. 28;
1593/4 Adam ibid. p. 31;
1594 Adam ibid. p. 33
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1437 Daem BbRT p. 360
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1096 Adam (nom) CartSPL1 IX;
1101x1129 Adam (nom) CartStPC XXIII;
1125 Ade (gen) NDParisII 2-XLVII;
1125x1136 Adam (gen) CartYonne1 CXXXIX;
1143 Adam (nom) clairvaux-12thc 10;
1147 Adam (abl) CartNDdOurscamp XCVII,
(nom) clairvaux-12thc 15;
1159 Adam (nom) ibid. 37;
c1175–1180 Adam (nom) ChartCaen2 p. 61;
1180 Adam (acc) RotScaNor p. 15;
1188 Adam (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCIV;
1206 Ade (gen) ibid. LVIII;
1214 Ade (gen) ibid. CXLI;
1220 Adam (nom) NDParisII 2-LXVIII;
1222 Adam (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XXXVIII,
Ade (gen) NDParisII 2-XCI;
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;
1270 Adam (nom) NDParisII 2-XLI,
Ade (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CLVII;
1295 Adam (nom) HistHdVParis p. 130;
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
- ● 1284 Adam (obl) HAP p. 385;
1291 Adan (obl) HistHdVParis p. 108;
1292 Adan (obl) ibid. p. 111;
1293 Adan (obl) ibid. p. 118;
c1294 Adam (obl) ibid. p. 125;
1294 Adam (obl) ibid. p. 126,
Adan (obl) ibid. p. 126;
1295 Adan (obl) ibid. p. 129;
1296 Adam paris1296 p. 3,
(obl) HistHdVParis p. 133,
Adan (obl) ibid. p. 131;
1297 Adam (obl) ibid. p. 136,
Adan (obl) ibid. p. 136;
1298 Adam (obl) ibid. p. 141;
c1298 Adan (obl) ibid. p. 138;
1298 Adan (obl) ibid. p. 140;
1299 Adam (obl) ibid. p. 146,
Adan (obl) ibid. p. 146;
1301 Adan (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 241;
1303 Adans (nom) ArchReimsII1 XL;
1313 Adan Paris1313 p. 2
- ◑ 1280 Adenot (obl) HistHdVParis p. 105;
1296 Adenot paris1296 p. 42;
1302x1303 Adenet (obl) ArchReimsII1 XXX;
1313 Adenet Paris1313 p. 88,
Adenot ibid. p. 143
- Middle French
- ● 1366/7 Adam ActsCharlesV no. 384;
1388 Adam thierry;
1418 Adam DdB1418 p. 198,
HGParis p. 374;
1421 Adam favier 587;
1423 Adam ibid. 34;
1438 Adam ibid.;
1504 Adam HistHdVParis no. 6;
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;
1572 Adam ibid. p. 488;
1587 Adam RTFProvins 251
- ◑ 1418 Adenet DdB1418 p. 202,
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;
1239 Adam (nom) UrkMeck1 no. XXIV;
1322 Adam (gen) SMM p. 156
- 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;
1345 Adam (nom) Slíz2 p. 22, s.n. Adam;
1358 Adam (nom) ibid. p. 22, s.n. Adam
- 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;
1432 Ade (gen) RegOct 103;
1490/1 Adam (nom) ibid. 3,
Ade (gen) ibid. 3;
1491 Adam (nom) ibid. 4;
1496 Ada (abl) ibid. 35
- 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;
1478 Adam (nom) RCCaetani6 2720,
Addam (nom) ibid. 2720;
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.
- Poland
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- Latin
- ● 1447 Adam (abl) CDP2-2 CCXCIX
- 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;
1413 Adam (abl) REG-II 323;
1424 Adam (abl) RMSRS-2 3,
Ade (gen) ibid. 18;
1425 Adam (abl) ibid. 27,
Ade (dat) ibid. 34;
1426/7 Adam (nom) ibid. 84;
1426 Ade (gen) ibid. 60;
1426/7 Ade (gen) ibid. 84
- 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 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Adam.