Adnan is a masculine name common in the Muslim world. Its eponymous bearer was Adnan, an ancient ancestor of various Semitic tribes. The etymological meaning of the name is settler, from a Semitic root `dn; "to stay, abide". The literal meaning of the name is "two gardens of Eden" in Arabic and Aramaic.
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