Given name
Ephram
“fruitful”·“one who is fertile; productive”
Ephram 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
Ephram 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
Ephram 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 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ephram 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
Ephram through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 453
- 453 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 435 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.
Ephram’s family of names
Ephram has a related form in Ephraim. In English usage, Ephram has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ephraim. In English usage, Ephram has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Ефрем.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ephram
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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