• Source: Abram (name)

Abram is a male given name of Akkadian origin, meaning exalted father in much later languages. In the Bible, it was originally the name of the first of the three Biblical patriarchs, who later became known as Abraham.




Russian name


The Russian language borrowed the name from Byzantine Christianity, but its popularity, along with other Biblical first names, declined by the mid-19th century. The forms used by the Russian Orthodox church were "Авраа́м" (Avraam), "Авраа́мий" (Avraamy), and "Авра́мий" (Avramy), but "Абра́м" (Abram) remained a popular colloquial variant. Other colloquial forms included "Абра́мий" (Abramy), "Авра́м" (Avram), and "Обра́м" (Obram). Until the end of the 19th century, the official Synodal Menologium also included the form "Абраха́м" (Abrakham).
The patronymics derived from "Abram" are "Абра́мович" (Abramovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Абра́мыч" (Abramych), and "Абра́мовна" (Abramovna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Abramy" are "Абра́миевич" (Abramiyevich; masculine) and "Абра́миевна" (Abramiyevna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Avraam" are "Авраа́мович" (Avraamovich; masculine) and "Авраа́мовна" (Avraamovna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Avraamy" are "Авраа́миевич" (Avraamiyevich; masculine) and "Авраа́миевна" (Avraamiyevna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Avram" are "Авра́мович" (Avramovich; masculine) and "Авра́мовна" (Avramovna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Avraamy" are "Авраа́миевич" (Avraamiyevich; masculine) and "Авраа́миевна" (Avraamiyevna; feminine).
The diminutives of "Avraam" and "Avraamy" include "Авраа́мка" (Avraamka), "Авра́мка" (Avramka), "Авраа́ха" (Avraakha), "Авра́ха" (Avrakha), "Авраа́ша" (Avraasha), and "Авра́ша" (Avrasha). The diminutives of "Abram" include "Абра́мка" (Abramka), "Абра́ха" (Abrakha), and "Абра́ша" (Abrasha). The diminutives of "Avram" include "Авра́мка" (Avramka), "Авра́ха" (Avrakha), "Авра́ша" (Avrasha), and "А́ва" (Ava).




People with the given name Abram


Abram Piatt Andrew (Jr.) (1873–1936), United States Representative from Massachusetts
Abram Samoilovich Besicovitch (Bezikovich) (1891–1970), Russian mathematician
Abram Blass (born 1895), Polish-Israeli chess master
Abram Bergson (1914–2003), American economist
Abram Chasins (1903–1987), American composer, pianist, piano teacher, lecturer, musicologist, music broadcaster, radio executive and author
Abram Comingo (1820–1889), Democratic Representative
Abram Duryée (1815–1890), Union Army general
Abram Elam (born 1981), American football safety
Abram Fitkin (1878–1933) American minister, businessman and philanthropist
Abram Fulkerson (1834–1902), Confederate officer
Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), Afro-Russian nobleman, military engineer and general of Ethiopian origin
Abram Grushko (1918–1980), Russian painter and art teacher
Abram D. Harlan (1833–1908), American politician from Pennsylvania
Abram Lincoln Harris (1899–1963), African American economist, academic, and anthropologist
Abram Harrison (1898–1979), Canadian politician
Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822–1903), teacher, lawyer, iron manufacturer, and chairman
Abram Hoffer (1917–2009), Canadian psychiatrist
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1860–1960), prominent Russian/Soviet physicist
Abram Jakira (1889–1931), American socialist political activist, newspaper editor, and Communist Party functionary
Abram Kofman (1865–1940), Russian Esperantist poet
Abram Lyle (1820–1891), Scottish businessman
Abram F. Myers (born 1889), chair of the Federal Trade Commission and later general counsel and board chairman of the Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors
Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943), Lithuanian–Russian chess master
(Abram) Harding "Hardy" Richardson (1855–1931), second baseman and outfielder
Abram Joseph Ryan (1839–1886), American poet, proponent of the Confederate States of America, and Roman Catholic priest
Abram Saperstein, changed his name to Albert Sabin (1906–1993), Polish-American medical researcher who developed an oral polio vaccine; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
Abram Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
Abram Trigg (born 1750), American farmer and politician




Variant forms


Abraham (Avraham, Avrohom, also Avrohum, Avrohim, Avruhom, Avrihom, Avruhum, Ibrahim), list of people
Avram (Avrom, Avrum)
Abrams
Abramson, Abramsson
Abramov, and Abramowicz (Abramovich, Abramowitz), etc. (Slavic, Russianised form)
Abramczyk (surname)
Abraomas, Abromaitis (surname), Abrameit, Abromeit (Baltic forms)
Bram, Brams, Brahm, Brahms, etc.
(not to be confused with the Hindu word Brahman)
Abiram, another Hebrew-origin given name




See also


All pages with titles containing Abram
Abram (surname)




References






Sources


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Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
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