Abram (name)
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Abram is a masculine given name of Biblical Hebrew origin,[1] meaning exalted father.[2][3] 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.[1] The forms used by the Russian Orthodox church were "Авраа́м" (Avraam),[1][4] "Авраа́мий" (Avraamy),[4] and "Авра́мий" (Avramy),[5] but "Абра́м" (Abram) remained a popular colloquial variant.[1][3] Other colloquial forms included "Абра́мий" (Abramy),[3] "Авра́м" (Avram),[5] and "Обра́м" (Obram).[5] Until the end of the 19th century, the official Synodal Menologium also included the form "Абраха́м" (Abrakham).[6]
The patronymics derived from "Abram" are "Абра́мович" (Abramovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Абра́мыч" (Abramych), and "Абра́мовна" (Abramovna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Abramy" are "Абра́миевич" (Abramiyevich; masculine) and "Абра́миевна" (Abramiyevna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Avraam" are "Авраа́мович" (Avraamovich; masculine) and "Авраа́мовна" (Avraamovna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Avraamy" are "Авраа́миевич" (Avraamiyevich; masculine) and "Авраа́миевна" (Avraamiyevna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Avram" are "Авра́мович" (Avramovich; masculine) and "Авра́мовна" (Avramovna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Avraamy" are "Авраа́миевич" (Avraamiyevich; masculine) and "Авраа́миевна" (Avraamiyevna; feminine).[3]
The diminutives of "Avraam" and "Avraamy" include "Авраа́мка" (Avraamka), "Авра́мка" (Avramka), "Авраа́ха" (Avraakha), "Авра́ха" (Avrakha), "Авраа́ша" (Avraasha), and "Авра́ша" (Avrasha).[3] The diminutives of "Abram" include "Абра́мка" (Abraamka), "Абра́ха" (Abrakha), and "Абра́ша" (Abrasha).[3] The diminutives of "Avram" include "Авра́мка" (Avramka), "Авра́ха" (Avrakha), "Авра́ша" (Avrasha), and "А́ва" (Ava).[3]
People with the given name Abram
- Abram Piatt Andrew (Jr.) (1873–1936), United States Representative from Massachusetts
- Abram Smith (died 1930), African American lynching victim
- Abram Lincoln Harris, African American economist, academic, and anthropologist
- Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), Afro-Russian nobleman, military engineer and general of Ethiopian origin.
- 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 Fulkerson (1834–1902), Confederate officer
- Abram Grushko (1918–1980), Russian painter and art teacher
- Abram Harrison (1898–1979), politician
- Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822–1903), teacher, lawyer, iron manufacturer, and chairman
- Abram Hoffer (1917–2009), Canadian psychiatrist
- Abram Jakira (1889–1931), American socialist political activist, newspaper editor, and Communist Party functionary
- Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1860–1960), prominent Russian/Soviet physicist
- Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943), Lithuanian–Russian chess master
- (Abram) Harding "Hardy" Richardson (1855–1931), second basemen and outfielder
- Abram Joseph Ryan (1839–1886), American poet, proponent of the Confederate States of America, and Roman Catholic priest
- Abram Trigg (born 1750), American farmer and politician
People with the surname Abram
- Benjamin Abram (1846-1938), French lawyer and politician
- Darren Abram, English rugby league coach
- David Abram (born 1957), American philosopher and ecologist
- Felicity Abram (born 1986), Australian triathlete
- Fletcher Abram (born 1950), American handball player
- Ido Abram (born 1940), Indonesian academic
- Jacques Abram (1915–1998), American classical pianist
- John Abram (born 1959), Canadian composer
- Lester Abram (born 1983), American basketball player
- Michael "Mad Mick" Abram (born 1966), attempted to kill George Harrison on December 30, 1999
- Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000), American lawyer, civil rights activist, and academic
- Nerilie Abram (born 1977), Australian climate scientist
- Norm Abram (born 1950), American carpenter
- Syd Abram (1906-1988), English rugby player
Variant forms
- Abraham (Avraham, Avrohom, also Avrohum, Avrohim, Avruhom, Avrihom, Avruhum), list of people
- Avram (Avrom, Avrum)
- Abramson, Abramsson
- Abramov, and Abramowicz (Abramovich, Abramowitz), etc. (Slavic, Russianised form)
- Abramczyk (surname)
- Abromaitis, 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
References
Notes
Sources
- В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (Looking for a Name). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988. ISBN 5-268-00401-8
- 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
- [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. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
- [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5