Given name · Arabic
إبراهيم
إبراهيم (ʔibrāhīm) is a masculine given name from Aramaic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ʔibrāhīm.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
إبراهيم comes from Aramaic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Aramaic אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
إبراهيم’s family of names
In Arabic usage, إبراهيم has a later derivative in 𑄃𑄨𑄝𑄳𑄢𑄦𑄩𑄟𑄴. In Arabic usage, إبراهيم has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Abraham. In Arabic usage, إبراهيم has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form IBRAIM.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
إبراهيم has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 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 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AbrahamSpanish
- Avrahamequivalent
- Ibrahimaequivalent
- Parhamequivalent
- İbrahimequivalent
- Ibroequivalent
- إِبْرَاهِيمhas masculine form
- 𑄃𑄨𑄝𑄳𑄢𑄦𑄩𑄟𑄴derivative · ccp
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People named إبراهيم
- Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiLeader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
- Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire18th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1640–1648)1615–1648
- Ibrahim Traorémilitary leader of Burkina Faso since 2022born 1988
- Ibrahim Boubacar KeïtaMalian politician1945–2022
- Ibrahim RugovaPresident of Kosovo (1944-2006)
- Ibrahim AfellayDutch footballer (born 1986)
- Abu MuslimAbbasid general718–755
- Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha29º Ottoman Grand Vizier (1493-1536)1495–1536
- Ibrahim Pasha of EgyptEgyptian general and Wāli of Egypt (1789–1848)
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