well my family is from the dominican republic but my name is like from many origins...
you can look at your name history at
http://www.behindthename.com
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Adam -
english, french, german, polish, russian, romanian, biblical..
This is the hebrew word for "man". Adam was created from the earth by God. He and Eve were supposebly the first humans, living happily in the Garden Of Eden until Adam ate a forbidden fruit given to him by Eve.
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My mother named me Adam cause i was her first born.. just like Adam (genesis version) was one of the first humans on earth.