Ephrem (name)

Ephrem is a masculine given name, a variant spelling of Ephraim (also spelled Efrem, Efreom, Ephraem, Efren or Efrén). It is the name of biblical Ephraim, a son of Joseph and ancestor of the Tribe of Ephraim.

People

First name

Pre-Modern

• Saint Ephrem, one of the Hieromartyrs of Cherson (died c. 310)
• Saint Ephrem the Syrian (306–373)
• Ephrem Mtsire, Georgian monk (died 1101)

Modern

• Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1887–1957)
• Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1848–1929)
• Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (born 1965)
• Efrem Forni, Italian Cardinal (1889–1976)
• Efrem Hill, American football player (born 1983)
• Efrem Kurtz, Russian conductor (1900–1995)
• Ephrem M'Bom, Cameroonian football player (1954–2020)
• Efrim Menuck, Canadian musician (born 1970)
• Efrem Schulz, American musician (born 1975)
• Efrem Winters, American basketball player (1963–2025)
• Efrem Zimbalist, Russian-born American violinist (1890–1985)
• Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (1918–2014)

Surname

• Georgios Efrem, Cypriot football player (b. 1989)
• Mérovée Ephrem, French figure skater (b. 1990)
• Sebhat Ephrem, Eritrean general and politician (b. 1951)

See also

• Efrem, Bulgaria, a village
• Ephraim (disambiguation)