Adam is a common masculine given name.
The personal name Adam derives from the Hebrew noun ha adamah meaning "the ground" or "earth". It is still a Hebrew given name, and its Quranic and Biblical usage has ensured that it is also a common name in all countries which draw on these traditions. It is particularly common in Christian- and Muslim-majority countries. In most languages its spelling is the same, although the pronunciation varies somewhat. Adán is the Spanish form of this name.
Adam is also a surname in many countries, although it is not as common in English as its derivative Adams (sometimes spelled Addams). In other languages there are similar surnames derived from Adam, such as Adamo, Adamov, Adamowicz, Adamski etc.
In Arabic, Adam (آدم) means "made from the earth/mud/clay".
Roger Adam was a French aircraft designer and manufacturer who produced light aircraft in kit from 1948 to 1955. He established the firm Etablissements Aeronautiques R. Adam.
Adam is a fictional character; from the Ravenloft campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Adam was a major character in the 1994 novel, Mordenheim, written by Chet Williamson.
Adam is the darklord of Lamordia. Known as Mordenheim's Monster or the Creature, he is an extremely intelligent and nimble dread flesh golem, based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Adam is the most successful creation of Dr. Victor Mordenheim in his research into the creation of life, albeit the one that causes him grief unmeasured. Adam reduced the doctor's wife Elise to a vegetative state and apparently murdered their adopted daughter Eva.
The two are inextricably bound together: Dr. Mordenheim has Adam's immortality, and in return Adam shares the doctor's anguish.
Usually hidden from sight, Adam is believed to spend most of his time on the Isle of Agony, part of the archipelago known as the Finger.
today grandad came by the office
amazed at all the papers that i sign
i told him thats how we do business
just a product of these modden(?) times
he shook his head and then said i dont understand
how all these deals are done
it just dont make no sense to me
to deal with people we dont see
we did it so much differently
when i was young
when the shake of a hand was all you really needed
the strength of a man was in his word
and you could look him in his eye and know just where you stand
a man was made on the shake of a hand
well i put my pen down and closed up early
we drank a beer and talked the times he had
he reminised when he proposed to nana
and how he got permission from her dad
he smiled and said i wont forget the hardest hand i ever had to shake
i told him id take car of her and through the years ive kept my word
son we said just what we meant back in those days
when the shake of a hand was all you really needed
the strength of a man was in his word
and you could look him in his eye and know just where you stand
a man was made on the shake of a hand
a shake of a hand was all you really needed
the strength of a man was in his word
and you could look him in his eye and know just where you stand