Given name · Bulgarian · Russian
Авраам
“father”
Авраам (Avraám) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Avraám.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Авраам goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ, meaning “father.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Авраам comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Авраам developed from Ἀβραάμ.
Авраам’s family of names
In Russian usage, Авраам shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form Abromas. In Russian usage, Авраам has a conventional equivalent in the German form Abraham. In Macedonian usage, Авраам has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form IBRAIM.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Авраам has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
9 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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