>>In Genesis 5:2 for instance it says "Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
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>Two questions. First, was Eve's name Adam, too? Second, what does it mean "call a name something" - a name has a name? Which brings the subquestion: what were their names' names before that?

FWIW, "adam" is the Hebrew word for "man." So I read that passage as "and called them 'man'"

Tamar