Meaning and background
The story behind Adam
Adam is a Hebrew word for man and the name of the first human in the Genesis account. The specialist entry separates that sense from debated deeper explanations involving redness or an Akkadian verb, and notes the biblical wordplay with earth. Its pronunciation varies across languages, including English, French and Hebrew. A dog named Adam may honour a particular person, so their spoken form can guide the choice without treating every ancient explanation as equally certain.
- Origin
- Hebrew word/name meaning man; ultimate derivation remains debated, with biblical earth wordplay distinguished. Source
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About Adam
Recorded as a dog’s name
Adam appears in 7 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ædəm/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ædəm/ · primary stress on syllable 1AE1 D AH0 M
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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