Arabic origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).
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- Wiktionary: AdamuCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Arabic roots
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Swahili (Kenya)
01 / Meaning & origin
Adamu is a masculine given name documented in Hausa, Swahili and Yoruba. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic آدَم.
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Borrowed from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).
Borrowed from English Adam.
De l’hébreu אדם, adam, par l'intermédiaire de l’arabe آدم.
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06 / Behind the facts
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