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Adan in Korean: 아단

Adan is written 아단 in Korean and read “Adan”. This is the spelling in the loanword usage list of the National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL), which sets Korea’s spelling standards. In US birth records for 2000–2025 it ranks No. 802.

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Where the spelling 아단 comes from

NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 아단 for Adan.

Wiktionary records Adan as a name from Spanish, so it is read as a name in Spanish.

People in the list with this given name:

  • 차베스 (프리아스), 아단 — Chávez (Frías), Adán

Look up 아단 in the NIKL list (Korean)

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a아dan단

Why it is spelled this way

  • This looks like a name in Spanish, so the official Spanish spelling is shown first.
  • Matches the National Institute of Korean Language usage list.

What Adan means

“earth”

From Hebrew אָדָם

Source: Wiktionary — Adán · CC BY-SA 4.0

Adan by the numbers

  • US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 802, 20,943 babies (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys).
  • NIKL usage list — people with the given name 아단: 1.

Korean names for Adan

These are the converter’s results for Adan as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).

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김예찬Kim YechanBoy’s name · 63% sound match
김아준Kim AjunBoy’s name · 63% sound match
김이담Kim IdamUsed for boys and girls · 63% sound match

No surname given, so we picked 김, one of the three most common Korean surnames.

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Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics