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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Â© A Dictionary of First Names 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

῾Adnān ♂ (Arabic) Origin uncertain: possibly meaning ‘settler’. The ‘Adnāniyūn were Arabs living in the north part of the Arabian Peninsula.

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