Adham Explained
| Adham |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /ar/pronounced as /fr/pronounced as /en/ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | "son of the red earth" and "intensity in the blackness" |
| Origin: | Slavic/Arabic |
Adham (Arabic: أدهم) is an masculine given name meaning "intensity in the blackness" in Arabic used to describe shiny black stallions. In the Arabic world, Adham became the diminutive of Adam and a city was born out of it in the Adam agglomeration in Saudi Arabia. It's originally a Slavs surname where it means "son of the red earth". People with this name include:
Given name
- Adham Ahmedbaev (born 1966), Uzbek politician
- Adham Al-Akrad (1974–2020), Syrian rebel leader
- Adham Alnadish (born 1989), Yemeni Engineer
- Adham Al-Sqour (born 1994), Jordanian gymnast
- Adham Baba (born 1962), Malaysian politician
- Adham Barzani (born 1962), Iraqi politician
- Adham El Idrissi (born 1997), Dutch footballer
- Adham El Zabedieh, Lebanese rugby league footballer
- Adham Hatem Elgamal (born 1998), Egyptian badminton player
- Adham Faramawy, British artist
- Adham Fawzy (born 2000), Egyptian chess player
- Adham Hadiya (born 1985), Israeli footballer
- Adham Hassoun, detainee in United States custody
- Adham Hemdan (born 1959), Kuwaiti swimmer
- Adham Khalid (born 2002), Egyptian footballer
- Adham Khan (1531–1562), general of Akbar
- Adham Khanjar, Lebanese Shiite rebel
- Adham Makhadmeh (born 1986), Jordanian football referee
- Adham Medhat (born 1975), Egyptian sport shooter
- Adham Nabulsi (born 1993), Jordanian-Palestinian artist, vocalist, producer, composer, and songwriter
- Adham Ahmed Saleh (born 1993), Egyptian wrestler
- Adham Shaikh, Canadian composer
- Adham Sharara (born 1953), Canadian sports official
Surname
- Abbas Adham (1885–1969), Iranian physician and politician
- Adel Adham (1928–1996), Egyptian actor
- Allen Adham, American businessman
- Heidy Adham (born 2001), Canadian citizen
- Ibrahim Adham (born 1954), Syrian software developper
- Ibrahim ibn Adham, Arab Muslim saint and Sufi mystic
- Ismail Adham (1911–1940), Egyptian writer
- Kamal Adham (1929–1999), Turkish-born Saudi intelligence chief and businessman
- Mohamed Ashour El-Adham (born 1985), Egyptian footballer
- Shiraz Adham (born 1997), French singer-songwriter
Fictional characters
- Adham Sabri, the main character in Ragol Al Mostaheel series by Nabil Farouk
Other uses
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