Abraham (given name)

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Field	Value
name	Abraham
image	AbrahamIcon.JPG
caption	Early Russian icon depicting Abraham
pronunciation
seealso	Abram, Avram, Ibrahim, Ebrahim, Abe, Avi, Bram
gender	Male
origin	Akkadian
region	Mesopotamia
meaning	father of many
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|name=Abraham |image=AbrahamIcon.JPG |caption=Early Russian icon depicting Abraham |pronunciation= |seealso=Abram, Avram, Ibrahim, Ebrahim, Abe, Avi, Bram | gender = Male | origin = Akkadian | region = Mesopotamia | meaning =father of many Abraham is a given name of Hebrew background, originating with the Biblical patriarch ( Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom); the father of the Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

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), Авраамий (Avraamy), Аврамий (Avramy), Абрам (Abram), Абрамий (Abramy), Аврам (Avram), Обра́м (Obram), and Абрахам (Abrakham).

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 (), 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
Avraham Gulik (1934–2025), Israeli marine biologist
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

References

Notes

Sources

В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (Looking for a Name). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988.
Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
[1] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.
[2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.

References

"What Does the Name 'Abraham' Really Mean?".
"Abraham - Baby Name Meaning, Origin and Popularity".
Nikonov, p. 50
Superanskaya [1], p. 20
Superanskaya [2], p. 30
Petrovsky, p. 35

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