Scottish Gaelic names

Àdhamh: how to pronounce it and what it means

Boys' names

Name and meaning

Scottish Gaelic form of Adam

Origin

From Old Irish Ádam, ultimately from Hebrew Adam; ancestral senses include ‘earth’ and ‘person’.

How to pronounce it

ÀdhamhIPA: /ˈaːɣəv/

Used as the equivalent of: Adam

Naming equivalents do not always have the same origin.

Sources

Name definitions adapted from Wiktionary via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA 4.0). CC BY-SA 4.0

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