Entry № 72 · Other origin

Adama Adama — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-DAH-mah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Other

Meaning

"Adam feminine (Senegalese-Wolof foundational)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Wolof)

The meaning

A name that means "adam feminine (senegalese-wolof foundational)".

Adama is the Senegalese-Wolof rendition of Adam — Arabic Ādam / Hebrew Adamah (earth, soil). A modern American baby name in the broader West African heritage aesthetic. Notable bearers: Adama Barrow — President of The Gambia 2017-present; Adama Bah (born 1989) — Guinean-American immigration rights activist + foundational subject of PBS documentary Adama (2011, dir. David Felix Sutcliffe) — detained as 16-year-old in post-9/11 FBI Pakistani Muslim teenagers investigation 2005.

Featured throughout West African heritage.

Adam feminine / earth (Senegalese-Arabic-Hebrew). Adama Barrow President of The Gambia 2017-present + Adama Bah Guinean-American immigration activist + PBS Adama documentary 2011 + post-9/11 FBI investigation.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Adama

Transliteration: Adama
Pronunciation: / əˈdɑː.mə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Adama stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Adama · last year

88 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Adamas before her.

Real people

—

In fiction

Adama

Senegalese Adam / earth.

Names connected to Adama.

Numerology

The number behind Adama.

The Communicator

Adama reduces to three.

Parents on Adama

Why families chose this name.

"Senegalese Adama. Five letters. Adama."

Aminata · Mother of one · Dakar