At a Glance
- Meaning
- Named for a 19th-century French mineralogist named Adam
- Origin
- Honorific (named after a person)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- AD-uh-myt
Adamite is a Honorific (named after a person) girl's name meaning “named for a 19th-century French mineralogist named Adam”. It appears in our list of 200+ Beautiful Gemstone Names for Girls.
Meaning & Origin of Adamite
Meaning: Named for a 19th-century French mineralogist named Adam.
Origin: Honorific (named after a person).
A common claim: named after mineralogist Gilbert-Joseph Adam Actually: It sounds related to the biblical Adam, but it isn't — the mineral honors a mineralogist surnamed Adam, not the first man.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Adamite
AD-uh-mytIPA /ˈædəˌmaɪt/
Popularity of Adamite
Adamite doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Adamite
Similar Names
Austinite · Libethenite · Brazilianite · Legrandite · Clinozoisite · Friedelite
