Given name & surname
Avraham
“father of a multitude (of nations)”·“father of a multitude; father of nations”
In Jewish use, Avraham is a form of Abraham. Interpretations include “father of a multitude (of nations)” and “father of a multitude; father of nations” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Jewish use, Avraham is a form of Abraham. Interpretations include “father of a multitude (of nations)” and “father of a multitude; father of nations” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Jewish use, Avraham is a form of Abraham. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Jewish use, Avraham is used as a form of Abraham.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Jewish use, Avraham is a form of Abraham. The history of Abraham gives this family its wider story. Abraham appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Avraham through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,992
- 4,992 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 220 babies
- 2025
- 214
- #1,034 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 214 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,034 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (93). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,579 as a first name in 2020; 287 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.
Avraham’s family of names
In English usage, Avraham shares an earlier linguistic root with Abraham. In English usage, Avraham has a related form in Abraham. Avraham is a form of Abraham.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Abelequivalent
- Ibrahimdoublet · English
- Abramequivalent
- Abrahandoublet · English
- Авраамийequivalent
- אברהםequivalent
- إبراهيمequivalent
- Abramodoublet · English
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People named Avraham
- Avram GrantIsraeli association football managerborn 1955
- Abraham Isaac Kookchief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865-1935)
- Avraham SternJewish paramilitary leader and founder of Lehi (1907-1942)
- Avi CohenIsraeli football player-manager (1956-2010)
- Avraham BurgIsraeli politicianborn 1955
- Avraham AdanIsraeli military general and author (1926–2012)
- Abraham J. TwerskiAmerican rabbi and psychiatrist (1930–2021)
- Avraham ShlonskyIsraeli poet, translator and editor (1900-1973)
- Avrohom Yeshaya KarelitzIsraeli rabbi (1878-1953)
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