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ADAM
Gender: M
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: "son of the red earth"
Popularity in 2008: #72
Revived as a 1960s cowboy name, this primal Old Testament name is now out of the Top 50 and feels ready for a respite.
International Variations:
Adamec,
Adamek,
Adamki,
Damek,
Adamok
(Czech)
Aatami
(Finnish)
Adrien
(Hungarian)
Ádamh
(Irish Gaelic)
Adomas
(Lithuanian)
Adok
(Polish)
Adão
(Portuguese)
Adas,
Adamka
(Russian)
Adán,
Addis,
Adamo,
Adnon
(Spanish)
Adem
(Turkish)
Adi
(Yiddish)
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