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Subject: Re: Meaning and information on surname Adams
Author: Jessica Chisholm   (guest, 152.163.189.234)
Date: March 11, 2003 at 7:43:59 PM
Reply to: Meaning and information on surname Adams by ann_new_creation
"Adams" is a patronimic, a name derived from a masculine surname. It's a short form of "Adam's son", and is derived from some distant male ancestor now lost to the mists of time.

JC

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