Arcana Coelestia #478
478. The reason he is called Adam is that the Hebrew word Adam means man. But the fact that Adam was never used as a proper name, only Man, is quite clear from the consideration that both here and earlier he is spoken of in the plural and not in the singular, and that the term refers to both man and woman. The two together are called Man. Anyone may see from these words that both are included, for it is said, 'He called their name Man on the day in which they were created', and similarly in 1:26, 28, 'Let Us make man in Our image, and they will have dominion over the fish of the sea. This shows also that the subject is not about someone who, when created, was the first human being of all, but about the Most Ancient Church.
Apocalypse Explained #603
603.And when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write.- That this signifies that he was desirous of manifesting that state, is evident from the signification of, when the seven thunders uttered their voices, as denoting instruction out of heaven, and perception, concerning the last state of the church (see just above, n. 602); and from the signification of, "I was about to write," as denoting to be desirous of manifesting; that to write denotes to manifest is evident.