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Comments and insights on the name Adam: | Edit

I think the name Adam makes a guy sound hot. :)

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Nicknames for Adam: | Edit

Adz, Ad, Addy

Meanings and history of the name Adam: | Edit

Hebrew origin. Means "earth" (in Hebrew, the generic term for "man"). According to Genesis, he was the first man created.

Famous real-life people named Adam: | Edit

• Adam Brody (American actor)
• Adam Levine (American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Maroon 5)
• Adam West (American actor, Batman)
• Adam Sandler (American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer)
• Adam Gontier (Canadian singer, Three Days Grace)
• Adam Horovitz (American rapper, Beastie Boys)
• Adam John Savage, (American special effects designer/fabricator, "Mythbusters")
Adam Lambert (Singer, Theater actor)
Adam Young, a.k.a. Owl City (American singer/songwriter)
Adam Riess, American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in Physics.

Adam in song, story & screen: | Edit

• Adam (Old Testament, Bible)
• "Adam's Song" (song, Blink-182)
• Adam Cartwright ('Bonanza' TV show, 1959-1973)
• Prince Adam (alter ego of He-Man)
• Adam Hauptman, character in the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series by Patricia Briggs