Given name
Efrayim
“fruitful”·“one who is fertile; productive”
Efrayim is a variant of Ephraim. Interpretations include “fruitful” and “one who is fertile; productive” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Efrayim is a variant of Ephraim. Interpretations include “fruitful” and “one who is fertile; productive” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Efrayim is a variant of Ephraim. An origin associated with Ephraim is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Efrayim is a variant of Ephraim. The history of Ephraim gives this family its wider story. Ephraim appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Efrayim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 57 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,821 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,821 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Efrayim’s family of names
Efrayim has a related form in Ephraim. In Turkish usage, Efrayim has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ephraim.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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