1. Given name

2. See also

3. References
    Notes  Sources 

This is a list of people named after Abraham, the Biblical patriarch ({{hebrew Name|אַבְרָהָם|Avraham|ʾAḇrāhām}} Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom); the father of the Abrahamic Religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam:

As recounted in the Torah, his name was originally Avram which means "High Father" - "av" (אב) "father", "ram" (רם) "high" - with the "ha" (ה) added in mark of his covenant with God.

In the Russian language, the name is used in the following forms: {{lang|ru|Авраам}} (Avraam),^[1][2] {{lang|ru|Авраамий}} (Avraamy),^[2] {{lang|ru|Аврамий}} (Avramy),^[3] {{lang|ru|Абрам}} (Abram),^[1][4] {{lang|ru|Абрамий}} (Abramy),^[4] {{lang|ru|Аврам}} (Avram),^[3] {{lang|ru|Обра́м}} (Obram),^[3] and {{lang|ru|Абрахам}} (Abrakham).^[3]

Given name

• Abraham (Egyptian saint), martyred in Egypt with John of Samanoud and James of Manug
• Abraham (Ethiopian saint), martyred in Ethiopia with Ethnus, Acrates, James and John
• Abraham (Persian saint), 4th-Century Christian saint, martyred with Sapor of Bet-Nicator
• Abraham of Arazd, 5th-Century Armenian deacon and one of the Leontine Martyrs
• Abraham of Arbela (died c.348), Syrian bishop, martyr, and saint
• Abraham of Armenia, 5th-Century Armenian Christian priest, hermit, and saint
• Abraham of Bet-Parsaje, 4th-Century Persian Christian saint, martyred with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
• Abraham of Bulgaria (died 1229), a Russian convert from Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy, martyr, Christian saint
• Abraham of Clermont (died c.485), Syrian-French abbot, founder of the abbey of St. Cirgues in Clermont
• Abraham of Cyrrhus (died 442), Syrian-born, Anatolian Roman Catholic saint
• Abraham of Egypt, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham and Coprius of Griasowetzk (for Abraham of Griasowetzk), 15th-Century abbot and saint
• Abraham of the High Mountain (died 446), 5th-Century Christian saint
• Abraham of Kaskhar (died 366), a 4th-Century Christian priest and martyr
• Abraham of Kiev, a monk and Ukrainian Roman Catholic saint
• Abraham of Kratia (c.474–c.558), a Christian monk and saint
• Mar Abraham, a saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church
• Abraham of Miroshsk (died 1158), abbot of the Holy Redeemer monastery in Pskow
• Abraham of Nethpra, a 6th-Century saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644–1709), Austrian Augustinian monk
• Abraham of Scetes, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham of Strathearn (died 1220's), Catholic bishop of Dunblane
• Abraham of Smolensk (died 1221), Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
• Abraham the Great of Kaskhar, (492–586), saint and monastic reformer of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham the Great of Kidunja (died c.366), a Christian hermit, priest and saint
• Abraham the Laborious, a 14th-Century monk and saint of Ukraine
• Abraham (Copt), a saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
• Abraham the writer, a saint of the Syrian Orthodox Church
• Abraham Abraham (1843–1911), American department store magnate
• Abraham Angermannus (died 1607), Swedish Lutheran archbishop
• Abraham Abramson (c.1753-1811), Prussian coiner
• Abraham Bankier (1910-1956), Polish Jewish businessman who helped with Oskar Schindler's wartime rescue activities
• Abraham bar Hiyya (1070-1145), Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
• Abraham Beame (1906–2001), first Jewish mayor of New York City
• Abraham Beem (1934-1944), Dutch Jewish child; gassed to death in Auschwitz concentration camp
• Abraham ben David (~1125-1198), Provençal rabbi, author and critic
• Abraham Blum (1905-1943), Polish-Jewish activist
• Abraham H. Cannon (1859–1896), American cleric
• Abram Cohen (1924–2016), American Olympic fencer
• Abraham Cykiert (1926–2009), Australian Holocaust survivor and Melburnian playwright and Zionist activist of the 1970s.
• Abraham ibn Daud (~1110-~1180), Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher
• Abraham ibn Ezra (1089—1164), Spanish-Jewish philosopher, astronomer/astrologer, mathematician, poet, and linguistics scholar
• Avraham Even-Shoshan (1906–1984), Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer
• Abraham Galitzki, saint and founder of four Russian monasteries
• Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), African slave
• Abraham González Casanova (born 1985), Catalan (Spanish) association football player
• Abraham Hatfield (1867-1957), American businessman, philanthropist, and philatelist
• Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972), Polish-American rabbi, philosopher and Jewish theologian
• Abraham Hochmuth (1816-1889), Hungarian rabbi
• Avraham Kalmanowitz (1891–1964), European Rav, founder and rosh yeshiva of Mir yeshiva (Brooklyn)
• Abraham Khalfon (1741-1819), Tripoli Jewish community leader, historian, and paytan
• Abraham Kurland (1912–99), Danish Olympic medalist in wrestling
• Abraham Lansing (1835–1899), American lawyer and politician in New York
• Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. President
• Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), American psychologist who created Maslow's hierarchy of needs
• Abraham Mateo, Spanish actor and pop singer
• Abraham Nava (born 1964), Mexican association football player
• Abraham Olano, Spanish former professional cyclist
• Abraham Paleostrowski, an abbot and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Abraham Razack, a legislative councillor in Hong Kong
• Abraham Robertson (1751–1826), English mathematician
• Abraham Robinson (1918-1974), Jewish mathematician, the founder of non-standard analysis
• Abraham Roqueñi, Spanish kickboxer
• Abraham Shakespeare (1966–2009), lottery winner and apparent murder victim
• Avraham Shlonsky (1900–73), Israeli poet and editor
• Abraham Shneior (1928-1998), Israeli Olympic basketball player
• Abraham Tokazier, (1909–1976), Finnish sprinter
• Abraham Torres (born 1968), Venezuelan boxer
• Abraham Van Vorhes (1793-1879), American politician
• Abraham von Franckenberg (1593–1652), German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer
• Abraham Wickelgren, American lawyer
• Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe)
• Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe)
• Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe)
• Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847–1912), Irish novelist best known for his novel Dracula
• Pope Abraham of Alexandria (died 978), Syrian Coptic Pope
• Abraha, a variant form, was King of Saba' (Yemen)

See also

• Abraham (surname)
• Bram (name)
• Ibrahim (name)
• Abiram
• Ebrahim
• Abrahams

References

Notes

Sources

• В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (Looking for a Name). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988. {{ISBN|5-268-00401-8}}
• Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. {{ISBN|5-17-002940-3}}
• [1] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. {{ISBN|5-8112-1399-9}}
• [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. {{ISBN|5-699-14090-5}}

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