Names

Form of Adam used in parts of French-influenced western Africa.

People with the name Ayla have a deep inner desire for love and companionship, and want to work with others to achieve peace and harmony.

Italian form of Adam.

People with the name Ayla have a deep inner desire for love and companionship, and want to work with others to achieve peace and harmony.

Feminine form of Adam.

People with the name Ayize have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated.

People with the name AyIwyn have a deep inner desire to use their abilities in leadership, and to have personal independence. They would rather focus on large, important issues, and delegate the details.

This is the Hebrew word for “man”. It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew אדם (‘adam) meaning “to be red”, referring to the ruddy colour of human skin, or from Akkadian adamu meaning “to make”.According to Genesis in the Old Testament Adam was created from the earth by God (there is a word play on Hebrew אֲדָמָה (‘adamah) meaning “earth”). He and Eve were supposedly the first humans, living happily in the Garden of Eden until they ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. As a result they were expelled from Eden to the lands to the east, where they gave birth the second generation, including Cain, Abel and Seth.As an English Christian name, Adam has been common since the Middle Ages, and it received a boost after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Scottish economist Adam Smith (1723-1790).

People with the name Ayite have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated.

Hungarian form of Adam.