Given name & surname
Abram
“high father”
Abram is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “high father.”
Original Hebrewאברם
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “high father.”
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In Biblical use, Abram is used as a variant of Abraham.
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Abram appears in Genesis 11:31, Genesis 28:22, Numbers 18:26 and 2 other passages.
- Genesis 11:31
- Genesis 28:22
- Numbers 18:26
- Hebrews 7:5
- Genesis 20:16
From biblical name research
Abram through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20,244
- 20,244 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 864 babies
- 2025
- 350
- #742 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 350 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 742 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 864 in 2016. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (50). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,740 as a first name in 2020; 5,238 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abram’s family of names
In Polish usage, Abram has a diminutive in ABRAMEK. In English usage, Abram shares an earlier linguistic root with Avram. In Polish usage, Abram has a related form in Abraham.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Abram has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Abram comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 56
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Abigailshares a root
- Abnershares a root
- Armonishares a root
- Abielshares a root
- Aramshares a root
- Joabshares a root
- Eliabshares a root
- Ramshares a root
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- Jobshares a root
- Abimaelshares a root
- Abirshares a root
- Abishaishares a root
- Abbashares a root
- Abijahshares a root
- Abishares a root
- Abinershares a root
- Abiahshares a root
- Jeremaishares a root
- Arnishares a root
- Abiudshares a root
- Abiramshares a root
- Abinadabshares a root
- Abiashares a root
- Abihailshares a root
- Abiezershares a root
- Abidanshares a root
- Abidashares a root
- Absalomshares a root
- Romamti-ezershares a root
- Remmonshares a root
- Reumahshares a root
- Ramothshares a root
- Meremothshares a root
- Jerimothshares a root
- Abitubshares a root
- Abitalshares a root
- Abishurshares a root
- Abishuashares a root
- Abishalomshares a root
- Abishagshares a root
- Abinoamshares a root
- Abimelechshares a root
- Abijamshares a root
- Abihudshares a root
- Abihushares a root
- Abiatharshares a root
- Abiasaphshares a root
- Abi-Albonshares a root
- Oholiabshares a root
- Moabshares a root
- Huram-abishares a root
- Chileabshares a root
- Ben-abinadabshares a root
- Bebaishares a root
- Barabbasshares a root
- Ahabshares a root
People named Abram
- Abram IoffeSoviet physicist (1880–1960)
- Abram Petrovich GannibalAfrican-born Russian general and military engineer (c.1696–1781)
- Abram ArkhipovRussian artist (1862-1930)
- Abram AlikhanovSoviet nuclear physicist (1904–1970)
- Abram BesicovitchRussian mathematician (1891-1970)
- Abram DeborinRussian philosopher (1881–1963)
- Abram RoomSoviet film director (1894–1976)
- Abram DragomirovRussian general (1868-1955)
- Abram KardinerAmerican anthropologist (1891-1981)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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