Gender: Boy
Meaning: Man of earth — grounded, strong, and primal
Origin: Spanish/Hebrew
Popularity: Ranked #496 in 2024 with 620 babies born.
History: Adan surged in the 2000s-2010s as the Spanish form of Adam — the first man. In Hispanic-American communities, Adan carries the weight of being humanity's beginning. The accent-free American spelling adapts the Spanish original for English keyboards. Adan represents the bilingual Bible — the same story told in two languages across one country.
Name length: 4 letters
How common is Adan? About 1 in 5,326 babies born in 2024 were named Adan, or roughly 1.7 per day in the United States.
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