Adamo
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Italian |
Origin | |
Meaning | Italian form of Adam |
Other names | |
See also | Adam, Adem |
Adamo is both a masculine given name and a surname.[1] Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Adamo Abate (c. 990 – 1060–1070), Italian medieval Benedictine abbot and saint, a promoter of the unification of the Southern populations in Italy under Roger II of Sicily
- Adamo Boari (1863–1928), Italian civil engineer and architect
- Adamo Bozzani (1891-1969), Italian gymnast
- Adamo Pedro Bronzoni (born 1985), Italian-Peruvian film and video editor and producer
- Adamo Chiusole (1728-1787), Italian count, painter and art historian
- Adamo Coulibaly (born 1981), French footballer of Ivorian origin
- Adamo Paolo Cultraro (born 1973), Italian-American filmmaker, director, writer and producer
- Adamo Didur (1874–1946), Polish operatic bass singer
- Adamo Gentile (1615–1662), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lipari
- Adamo Rossi (1821–1891), Italian clergyman, revolutionary patriot, scholar and librarian
- Adamo Ruggiero (born 1986), Canadian actor
- Adamo Scultori (1530–1585), also referred to as Adamo Ghisi, Italian engraver, sculptor and artist
- Adamo Tadolini (1788–1863), Italian sculptor
Middle name
- Luc Adamo Matéta (born 1949), Congolese politician
- Paula Adamo DeSutter, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (2002-2009)
Surname
- Amelia Adamo (born 1947), Swedish editor-in-chief
- Andrea Adamo (born 1991), Italian footballer
- Andrea Adamo (racing manager) (born 1971), Italian engineer and racing manager
- Antonio Adamo (born 1957), Italian pornographic film director
- Christine Adamo (born 1965), French writer
- Délizia Adamo (born 1952), Italian / Belgian singer known by the mononym Délizia
- Donna Adamo (born 1970), American retired professional wrestling valet and professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Elektra
- Emma Adamo (born c. 1963), British businesswoman
- Frank Adamo (1893–1988), American doctor honored for his medical service during World War II
- Giulia Adamo (born 1949), Italian politician
- Mark Adamo (born 1962), American composer, librettist and professor of music composition
- Matteo Marchisano-Adamo (born 1973), American sound designer, film editor, composer
- Momo Adamo (1895–1956), Italian American mobster in the American Mafia
- Nicola Adamo (born 1959), Italian politician
- Peter D'Adamo, naturopathic physician and advocate of the Blood type diet
- Salvatore Adamo (born 1943), Italian / Belgian composer and singer also known as Adamo
See also
- Adamo, Mozambique, village in Ancuabe District in Cabo Delgado Province in northeastern Mozambique
- Adamo Demolition or the Adamo Group, a Detroit-based asbestos remediation and demolition company
- Dell Adamo, line of Dell laptops
- Adamos (disambiguation)
- Adamov
References
- ^ Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 4 September 2018.