Abraham (given name)

Abraham is a given name of Hebrew background, originating with the Biblical patriarch (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern: Avraham, Tiberian: ʾAḇrāhām Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom); the father of the Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.^[2]

Abraham

Early Russian icon depicting Abraham
Pronunciation	/ˈeɪbrəhæm/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Akkadian[1]
Meaning	father of many
Region of origin	Mesopotamia
Other names
See also	Abram, Avram, Ibrahim, Ebrahim, Abe, Avi, Bram

As recounted in the Torah, his name was originally Avram which means "High Father" – "ab" (אב) "father", "ram" (רם) "high" – with the "ha" (ה) added in mark of his covenant with God.

In the Russian language, the name is used in the following forms: Авраам (Avraam),^[3][4] Авраамий (Avraamy),^[4] Аврамий (Avramy),^[5] Абрам (Abram),^[3][6] Абрамий (Abramy),^[6] Аврам (Avram),^[5] Обра́м (Obram),^[5] and Абрахам (Abrakham).^[5]

Given name

• Abraham of Kashkar, Mar Abraham I, bishop of the Church of the East (148–171 AD)
• Abraham (Egyptian saint), martyred in Egypt with John of Samanoud and James of Manug
• Saint Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
• Abraham (Persian saint), 4th century Christian saint, martyred with Sapor of Bet-Nicator
• Abraham of Arbela (died c. 348), Syrian bishop, martyr, and saint
• Abraham of Arazd, 5th century Armenian Christian priest, hermit, and saint 5th century Armenian Christian priest, hermit, and saint
• Abraham of Bet-Parsaje, 4th century Persian Christian saint, martyred with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
• Abraham of Clermont (died c.485), Syrian-French abbot, founder of the abbey of St. Cirgues in Clermont
• Abraham of Cyrrhus (died 442), Syrian-born, Anatolian Roman Catholic saint
• Abraham of Egypt, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham of Farshut or Abraham (Copt) (lived 5th or 6th century), a saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham of the High Mountain (died 446), 5th century Christian saint
• Abraham of Kiev, a monk and Ukrainian Roman Catholic saint
• Abraham of Kratia (c.474–c.558), a Christian monk and saint
• Mar Abraham, a saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church
• Abraham of Nethpra, a 6th century saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham of Scetes, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham the Great of Kaskhar, (492–586), saint and monastic reformer of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham the Great of Kidunja (died c.366), a Christian hermit, priest and saint
• Abraham the Writer, a saint of the Syrian Orthodox Church
• Abraha, a variant form, King of Saba'

9th to 13th centuries

• Pope Abraham of Alexandria (died 978), Syrian Coptic Pope
• Abraham II (Nestorian patriarch), Patriarch of the Church of the East from 837 to 850
• Abraham III (Nestorian patriarch), Abraham III Abraza, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 906 to 937
• Abraham of Bulgaria (died 1229), a Russian convert from Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy, martyr, Christian saint
• Abraham of Miroshsk (died 1158), abbot of the Holy Redeemer monastery in Pskow
• Abraham of Strathearn (died 1220s), Catholic bishop of Dunblane
• Abraham of Smolensk (died 1221), Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
• Abraham bar Hiyya (1070–1145), Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
• Abraham ben David (~1125–1198), Provençal rabbi, author and critic
• Abraham ibn Daud (~1110–~1180), Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher
• Abraham ibn Ezra (1089–1164), Spanish-Jewish philosopher, astronomer/astrologer, mathematician, poet, and linguistics scholar

14th to 17th centuries

• Abraham of Angamaly (died c. 1597) (Mar Abraham), Church of the East bishop
• Abraham Angermannus (died 1607), Swedish Lutheran archbishop
• Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644–1709), Austrian Augustinian friar
• Abraham von Franckenberg (1593–1652), German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer
• Abraham of Galich (died 1375), saint and founder of four Russian monasteries
• Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), African slave
• Abraham and Coprius of Griasowetzk (for Abraham of Griasowetzk), 15th century abbot and saint
• Abraham the Laborious, a 14th century monk and saint of Ukraine
• Abraham Paleostrowski (died c. 1460), an abbot and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Ignatius Abraham bar Gharib (r. 1381/1382–1412), Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Mardin
• Abraham Bibago (c. 1420-1489), Sephardic Jewish rabbi, preacher, scholar, philosopher, theologian, and author

18th to 19th centuries

• Abraham II of Armenia or Abraham Khoshabetzi, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1730 and 1734
• Abraham III of Armenia or Abraham of Crete or Abraham Kretatsi (d. 1737), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1734 and 1737
• Abraham Abraham (1843–1911), American department store magnate
• Abraham Abramson (c.1753–1811), Prussian coiner
• Abraham Baily (1760–1825), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Abraham Borch (1786-1847), Norwegian priest and politician
• Abraham H. Cannon (1859–1896), American Latter-day Saint apostle
• Abraham Cole (died 1890), American politician
• Abraham Bogart Conger (1814–1887), American lawyer, farmer, and politician
• Abraham Greenberg (1881–1941), American lawyer and politician
• Abraham Hatfield (1867–1957), American businessman, philanthropist, and philatelist
• Abraham Hochmuth (1816–1889), Hungarian rabbi
• Avraham Kalmanowitz (1891–1964), European Rav, founder and rosh yeshiva of Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn
• Abraham Khalfon (1741–1819), Tripoli Jewish community leader, historian, and paytan
• Abraham Lansing (1835–1899), American lawyer and politician in New York
• Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. President
• Abraham Robertson (1751–1826), English mathematician
• Abraham Barak Salem (1882–1967), Indian Jewish lawyer, independence activist, and Zionist
• Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847–1912), Irish novelist best known for his novel Dracula
• Abraham Van Vorhes (1793–1879), American politician
• Abraham O. Woodruff (1872–1904), American Latter-day Saint apostle
• Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe) (1820–1883)
• Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe) (1884–1961)

20th century to present

• Abraham Almonte (born 1989), Dominican baseball player
• Abraham Amarasekara (1883-1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala painter
• Abraham Bankier (1910–1956), Polish Jewish businessman who helped with Oskar Schindler's wartime rescue activities
• Avraham Even-Shoshan (1906–1984), Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer
• Abraham Beame (1906–2001), first Jewish mayor of New York City
• Abraham Beauplan (born 2000), American football player
• Abraham Beem (1934–1944), Dutch Jewish child gassed to death in Auschwitz concentration camp
• Abraham Benrubi (born 1969), American actor
• Abraham Blum (1905–1943), Polish-Jewish activist
• Abram Cohen (1924–2016), American Olympic fencer
• Abraham Cykiert (1926–2009), Australian Holocaust survivor and Melburnian playwright and Zionist activist of the 1970s
• Abraham González Casanova (born 1985), Catalan (Spanish) association football player
• Abraham Goodman, known as Abby Mann (1927–2008), American film writer and producer
• Abraham Gutt (born 1944), Israeli basketball player
• Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), Polish-American rabbi, philosopher and Jewish theologian
• Abraham Hoffman (1938–2015), Israeli basketball player
• Abraham Katz (1926–2013), American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
• Abraham Kurland (1912–1999), Danish Olympic medalist in wrestling
• Abraham Lucas (born 1998), American football player
• Abraham Lunggana (1959–2021), Indonesian politician
• Abraham Maslow (1908–1970), American psychologist
• Abraham Mateo, Spanish actor and pop singer
• Abraham Nava (born 1964), Mexican association football player
• Abraham Octavianus Atururi (1951–2019), Indonesian politician
• Abraham Olano (born 1970), Spanish former professional cyclist
• Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999), American film director, screenwriter and Communist Party member
• Abraham Razack (born 1945), a legislative councillor in Hong Kong
• Abraham Robinson (1918–1974), Jewish mathematician, the founder of non-standard analysis
• Abraham Roqueñi (born 1978), Spanish kickboxer
• Abraham Samad (born 1966), Indonesian lawyer
• Abraham Shakespeare (1966–2009), lottery winner and apparent murder victim
• Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973), Israeli poet and editor
• Abraham Shneior (1928–1998), Israeli Olympic basketball player
• Abraham Tokazier (1909–1976), Finnish sprinter
• Abraham Toro (born 1996), Canadian baseball player
• Abraham Torres (born 1968), Venezuelan boxer
• Abraham "Abe" Vigoda (1921–2016), American actor
• Abraham Wickelgren (born 1969), American lawyer
• Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe) (1928–2013)
• Abraham Zangen, Israeli scientist

See also

• Abiram