Entry № 111 · Igbo origin

Adamma Adamma — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-DAH-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Igbo
Meaning
"Beautiful daughter (Igbo)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Igbo)

A name that means "beautiful daughter (igbo)".

Adamma combines the Igbo ada (first daughter) and mma (beautiful) — "the firstborn beautiful one." A celebratory Igbo feminine name marking both birth order and praise.

Used widely among the Igbo people of Nigeria.

Beautiful daughter. The Igbo firstborn.

The name in its native script.

Adamma
Transliteration
Adamma
Pronunciation
/ əˈdɑːm.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Adamma stands.

Adamma does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Adammas before her.

Real people
Adamma
Common Igbo name.
In fiction
Adamma
Common in Nigerian literature.

Names connected to Adamma.

The number behind Adamma.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Adamma reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.