Adamov (russian: Ада́мов; masculine) or Adamova (; feminine) is a Slavic

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

.Ganzhina, p. 14 There are two theories as to the origins of this last name. According to the most commonly accepted one, they derive from various forms of the Christian masculine

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Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

, which was common in the

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

and

Belarusian language Belarusian ( be, беларуская мова, biełaruskaja mova, link=no, ) is an East Slavic language. It is the native language of many Belarusians and one of the two official state languages in Belarus. Additionally, it is spoken in some p ...

s. Another theory postulates that at least some of these surnames derive from the nicknames which trace their roots to the dialectal word "" (''adam''), meaning ''a very tall man''.

People with the surname

Arthur Adamov Arthur Adamov (23 August 1908 – 15 March 1970) was a playwright, one of the foremost exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd. Early life Adamov (originally Adamian) was born in Kislovodsk in the Terek Oblast of the Russian Empire to a wealthy A ...

(1908–1970), Russian-born French playwright * Denis Adamov (born 1998), Russian footballer *

Grigory Adamov Grigory Borisovich Adamov (russian: link=no, Григорий Борисович Адамов; born Abram Borukhovich Gibs; Абрам Борухович Гибс; May 18, 1886, Kherson, then Russian Empire, now Ukraine, - June 14, 1945, Moscow, U ...

(1886–1945), Soviet journalist and science fiction writer * Jaroslava Adamová (1925–2012), Czech actress *

Joe Adamov Joe Adamov, Russian: Иосиф Адамов (Yosif Adamov),pron. yos-eef adamof (7 January 1920 – 18 December 2005) was a journalist and presenter on Radio Moscow and its successor, the Voice of Russia, for over sixty years. Of Armenian descent, ...

(1920-2005), journalist and presenter for Radio Moscow (later known as Voice of Russia) * Leonard Adamov (1941–1977), Soviet association football player *

Philippe Adamov Philippe Adamov (27 June 1956 – 3 February 2020) was a French cartoonist. Biography Adamov took up cartooning upon his discovery of the works of Harold Foster and Jijé. After a few months at École Estienne, he worked as a decorator at Ren� ...

(1956–2020), French cartoonist *

Roman Adamov Roman Stanislavovich Adamov (russian: Роман Станиславович Адамов; born 21 June 1982) is a retired Russian football player. Career Club career Adamov has been prolific in the Russian Premier League since joining FC ...

(born 1982), Russian association football player * Roman Adamov (footballer, born 1991), Russian association football player *

Yevgeny Adamov Yevgeny Olegovich Adamov (russian: Евге́ний Оле́гович Ада́мов, born April 28, 1939) was the head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, MinAtom. He was appointed by President Boris Yeltsin in 1998 and ousted by President Vl ...

(born 1939), former head of the Russian atomic energy ministry

References

Sources

*И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (''Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names''). Москва, 2001. {{Surname, Adamov __NOTOC__ Russian-language surnames Surnames from given names