Adam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of red earth.” According to the Hebrew and Christian bibles, this is the first name ever given to a man. With that, you can rest assured your little one's title is rich in culture and steeped in history to inspire him throughout life.

Adam had no middle and last name because there weren't enough people for there to be any point. Adam's name was just simply Adam which in Hebrew means Man or Mankind, and also sounds similar to the Hebrew word Adamah meaning ground, like the ground he was made from.

So 69 weeks amount to 483 years; for, from the said year of Darius, unto the 42nd year of Augustus, in which year our Saviour Christ was born, are just and complete so many years, whereupon we reckon, that from Adam unto Christ, are 3974 years, six months, and ten days; and from the birth of Christ, unto this present ...

Adam (אדם) literally means "red", and there is an etymological connection between adam and adamah, adamah designating "red clay" or "red ground" in a non-theological context. In traditional Jewish theology, a strong etymological connection between the two words is often assumed.