Padam
Hebrew in origin, with a meaning that points to the lotus flower. It sits far down Poland's register: fewer than 40 men carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Padam Pronunciation
Padam is pronounced PAH-dahm (/ˈpadam/).
What Padam means
Where Padam comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Padam is a rare first name, listed with a Hebrew origin. It stays brief on the page, two syllables and done. The meaning recorded beside it is "lotus," the flower that opens on still water.
That lotus sense reads as a later gloss rather than a first root. Hebrew gave the sound and the shape, and the flower meaning came to rest on top. A name can hold a meaning it did not begin with.
On a Polish class register, Padam would stand out among the Piotrs and Zuzannas. No Polish name-day is fixed to it, and no saint holds a slot on the calendar. It arrives without a diminutive, without a feminine twin, without the wider family of forms.
The name travels light. Padam means lotus.
How many people are named Padam
1 in 576924 men in Poland is named Padam. 37 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6499 among male names.