Given name & surname
Avram
“my Father is exalted”
Avram is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “my Father is exalted.”
Original Hebrewאברהם
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “my Father is exalted.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In Romanian usage, Avram developed from אברהם. In Romanian usage, Avram developed from Ἀβραάμ.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Avram through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 937
- 937 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #4,559 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,559 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 903 as a first name in 2020; 661 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.
Avram’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Avram shares an earlier linguistic root with Ibrahim. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Avram has a conventional equivalent in the English form Abraham. In English usage, Avram shares an earlier linguistic root with Abram.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Avram has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Avram comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- אברהםroot · Hebrew
- AbrahamEnglish
- Ibrahimdoublet · Serbo-Croatian
- Abramdoublet · English
- Aviequivalent
- Aramequivalent
- Ramequivalent
- 亞伯拉罕Chinese
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People named Avram
- Noam ChomskyAmerican linguist and activist (born 1928)
- Avram HershkoIsraeli biochemistborn 1937
- Avram GrantIsraeli association football managerborn 1955
- Avram IancuRomanian politician (1824–1872)
- Avram GlazerAmerican businessman (born 1960)
- Avram BunaciuRomanian politician1909–1983
- Avram PetronijevićSerbian politician (1791-1852)
- Avi LewisCanadian politicianborn 1967
- Avram MrazovićSerbian writer, translator, pedagogue, aristocrat1756–1826
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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