Adams in my family tree
Another Adams in my family tree
Catalan, Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Italian, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Polish: from the Hebrew personal name Adam, which was borne, according to Genesis, by the first man. It is of uncertain etymology; it is often said to be from Hebrew adama earth; cf. the Greek legend that Zeus fashioned the first human beings from earth. It was very popular as a given name among non-Jews throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
Variants: Italian: Adami; Dami (an aphetic form). Jewish: Adamski (East Ashkenazic). Polish: Adamski (with the surname suffix -ski).
Augmentatives: Czech: Adamec. Polish: Adamiec.
Cognates: Hungarian: Ádám. Low German: Dehm. Portuguese: Adão. Provençal: Azam. Spanish: Adán.
Diminutives: Czech: Adamík, Adámek. English: Adcock (especially East Midlands), Atcock, Hadcock; Addekin, Adkin, Atkin; Addey, Addie, Addy, Adey, Adie, Ady, Adye; Ade; Adnett, Adnitt; Aicken, Aiken (chiefly Ireland); Aikin, Aitin, Aitken (chiefly Scotland); Haddy (Devon and Cornwall). French: Adanet, Adenet, Adenot, Adnet, Adné, Adnot. Italian: Adamini, Adamoli, Adamolli; Dametti. Low German: Dahmke. Polish: Adamczyk (also Jewish); Adamek. Ukranian: Adamik.
Habitation names: Czech: Adamovský. Polish: Adamczewski.
Patronymics: Belorussian: Adamovich. Croatian: Adamic, Adamovic (But Miroslav Adamov tells me by email that Adamovic is very rare in Croatia, and the name is actually Serbian). Danish, Norwegian: Adamsen. English: Adams, Addams, Adhams; Adamson. Greek: Adamides, Adamou. Irish: Macadam Erse Mac Adaim, McAdam; Megaw. Italian: D'Adamo; D'Adda. Jewish: Adamov, Adamovitch, Adamovitz (East Ashkenazic); Adams Polish: Adamiak, Adamowicz. Scots: Macadam (Gaelic Mac Adaim), McAdam. Spanish: Adanez. Swedish: Adamsson. Welsh: Abadam; Baddams.
Patronymics (from diminutives): English: Acheson Atcheson (chiefly Northern Ireland); Adcocks; Addis (chiefly Northern Ireland); Addess, Ades; Addison, Adeson; Adkins, Atkins, Attkins, Hadkins; Aichison, Aitchison (chiefly Scotland); Atkinson, Attkinson; Polish: Adamkiewicz. Scots: Keddie, Keddy, Kedie, Kiddie, Kiddy; Mcaddie, Mcadie, McCaddie, McCadie (Gaelic Mac Adaidhg).
Servant of Adam (diminutive): English: Addyman.
The Scottish architect and furniture designer Robert Adam (1728 — 1792) and his brother James (1730 - 1794) were members of the landed gentry, with a family seat near Fife.
The second president of the USA, John Adams (1735 - 1826), and his son John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848), who became the sixth president, were descended from Henry Adams, a yeoman farmer who had emigrated from Barton St David, Somerset, to Massachusetts in 1640.
John Macadam (1756 - 1836), the Scottish road builder, was born in Ayrshire, the son of a banker. His grandfather was Adam McGregor, a chief of the clan McGregor, whose descendants were known as McAdam rather than McGregor because the latter surname was proscribed by a Scottish Act of Parliament in April 1603.
Acheson is the surname of an Ulster family established in Armagh circa 1611 by Sir Archibald Acheson of Haddington, Scotland. The senior branch holds the title of Earl of Gosford in the Irish Peerage (created 1806); the family has also held a baronetcy in Scotland since 1628. One member, David Acheson, emigrated in 1788 to America, where he founded a well-known American family.
Adams or variants was the 68th most common name in England and Wales according to a survey taken by H.M.Treasury in 1944, with a relative frequency of 0.16%.
Adams in my family tree
Another Adams in my family tree
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