Given name & surname
Abraam
“exalted father”
Abraam is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Abraam is a romanization of ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ. ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ goes back to Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm), meaning “exalted father.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Abraam is a romanization of ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ. ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ comes from Coptic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abraam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 67
- 67 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 173 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abraam’s family of names
In Latin usage, Abraam has a related form in Abraham. In Occitan usage, Abraam has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form IBRAIM. In Occitan usage, Abraam has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Abrão.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Abraam has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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