Given name
Abijam
“father of the sea/ west/ future”
Abijam is a masculine given name from Hebrew.
Original Hebrewאבים
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Abijam means “father of the sea/ west/ future.”
From biblical name research
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Abijam appears in 1 Kings 15:1-8.
From biblical name research
Abijam’s family of names
In German usage, Abijam has a related form in Abiam.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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