Abram Name Meaning & Origin
Abram
Origin of the name Abram:
The father is exalted. Abram was the original name of Abraham.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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- Comments and insights on the name Abram
Abram, Ambar and Ambra are anagrams of each other; they contain the same letters.
My son's name is Abram. I love it! I also have a lot of people trying to call him Abraham or add a random "h" in his name.
USAGE: English, Biblical
OTHER SCRIPTS: אַבְרָם (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: AY-brəm (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Avram (Biblical Hebrew), Avram (Hebrew), Avrum (Yiddish)
USAGE: Russian, Georgian
OTHER SCRIPTS: Абрам (Russian), აბრამ (Georgian)
VARIANT: Abraam (Georgian)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Ebrahim, Ibraheem, Ibrahim (Arabic), Abraham (Biblical), Abraam (Biblical Greek), Avraham (Biblical Hebrew), Abraham (Biblical Latin), Ibro (Bosnian), Ibragim (Chechen), Abraham, Braam, Bram (Dutch), Abraham, Abe, Bram (English), Aabraham, Aapo (Finnish), Abraham, Avraham, Avi (Hebrew), Abe (Jewish), Braam (Limburgish), Ibragim (Ossetian), Ebrahim (Persian), İbrahim (Turkish), Ibrahima (Western African)
POPULARITY: #377 in United States
- Personal experiences with the name Abram
My two year old is an Abram. Everyone that hears it is always very surprised but always say wow that's a great name. We get a lot of people calling him Abraham or trying to spell it with a random h in the name like Abrahm. On the whole I have loved having him have an old strong, sounding name that you don't hear often.
- Nicknames for Abram
Abe, Avi, Bram
- Meanings and history of the name Abram
Means "high father" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament God changed Abram's name to Abraham (see Genesis 17:5).
Russian and Georgian form of ABRAHAM
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- Famous real-life people named Abram
Humorist and director Abram Borowitz, known as Abe Burrows, who won a Pulitzer Prize for writing the stage play How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Abram Hewitt, mayor of New York, considered the father of the New York City subway system.
Prominent African-American economist Abram Lincoln Harris.
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