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Abraham is a surname. It can be of Jewish, English, French, German, Dutch, Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Breton, and other origins. It is derived from the Hebrew personal name Avraham, borne by the biblical patriarch Abraham, revered by Jews as a founding father of the Jewish people (Gen. 11-25), and by Muslims as founder of all Semitic peoples (see Abraham).^[1] The name is explained in Genesis 17:5 as being derived from the Hebrew av hamon goyim "father of a multitude of nations". It was commonly used as a given name among Christians in the Middle Ages, and has always been a popular Jewish given name.^[2] The English name Abram is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a shortened version of Adburgham, which comes from a place name.^[3] As an Irish name, it was adopted as an approximation (in sound, not meaning) of the Gaelic name Mac an Bhreitheamhan "son of the judge".^[4] The German name Brahm is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a topographic name signifying someone who lived near a bramble thicket (from the Middle High German brāme).^[5] The name Braham has been used as an Anglicization of both Abraham and its patronymic Abrahams by Ashkenazi Jews in the British Isles (see Braham). Abraham has also been used as an Anglicization of the equivalent Arabic surname Ibrāhīm (see Ibrahim).

List of people with the surname

Notable people with the surname include:

Abraham Abraham (1843–1911), American department store magnate

Abu Abraham (1924–2002), Indian cartoonist

Alan Abraham (b. 1931), Canadian politician

Andy Abraham (b. 1964), English vocalist

Ann Abraham (b. 1952), British ombudsman

Arthur Abraham (b. 1980), German boxer

Avi Ben-Abraham (contemporary), American scientist

Ben Abraham (b. Henryk Nekrycz; 1924–2001), Polish-born Brazilian writer and historian

Brian Abraham (b. 1984), American professional baseball front-office executive and former coach

Caroline Abraham (1809 –1877), New Zealand artist

Charles Abraham (bishop of Derby) (1857–1945), second suffragan Bishop of Derby

Charles Abraham (bishop of Wellington) (1814–1903), first Anglican Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand

Clifton Abraham (b. 1971), professional American football player

Daniel Abraham (author) (b. 1969), science fiction and fantasy author

Daniel Abraham (conductor) (b. 1968), director of The Bach Sinfonia and choral activities at American University

Daniel Abraham (rugby league) (b. 1981), Australian rugby league footballer

David Abraham (executive) (b. 1963), British television executive

David Abraham (footballer) (b. 1986), Argentine association football player

Donnie Abraham (b. 1973), professional American football player

Dustin Lee Abraham (contemporary), American actor

Edward Abraham (1913–1999), British biochemist

Emile Abraham (b. 1974), Trinidad and Tobago cyclist

Erich Abraham (1895–1971), German infantry general

Erich Abraham (soldier) (1921–1943), German soldier, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Evan Abraham (b. 1899, date of death unknown), Welsh footballer

F. Murray Abraham (b. 1939), American actor

Farid F. Abraham (contemporary), American physicist

Farrah Abraham (b. 1991), American reality television personality

Fred Abraham Sr. (1859–1901/18), British Guianese cricketer

Fred Abraham Jr. (1886–1918), British Guianese cricketer

Gareth Abraham (b. 1969), Welsh association football player

George and Ashley Abraham (1871–1965) (1876–1951), British climbers and photographers

G. P. Abraham (1844–1923), British photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer

Henri Abraham (1868–1943), French physicist

Henry Abraham (b. 1921), American legal scholar

Henry David Abraham (b. 1942), American psychiatrist, co-recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize

Hérard Abraham (b. 1940), Haitian politician

Jay Abraham (b. 1949), American business executive, conference speaker, and author

Jenő Ábrahám (birth and death dates unknown), Hungarian and Yugoslav football player

John Abraham (actor) (b. 1973), Indian model and Bollywood actor

John Abraham (American football) (b. 1978), American football player

John Abraham (director) (1937–1987), Indian film director

John Abraham (politician) (fl. 1672–1689), British governor

John Abraham (professor) (contemporary), American engineering professor, climate science lecturer and debater

Jolly Abraham (contemporary), Indian singer

Josh Abraham (contemporary), American music producer

Karel Abraham (b. 1990), Czech motorcycle racer

Karl Abraham (1877–1925), German psychoanalyst

Larry H. Abraham, (1939-2008), American author

Lucienne Abraham (1916–1970), French Trotskyist politician

Lynne Abraham (b. 1941), American lawyer and judge

Malouf Abraham, Jr. (b. 1939), Texas physician and patron of the arts

Malouf Abraham, Sr. (1915-1994), Texas businessman and politician

Marc Abraham (contemporary), American film producer and director

Mark Abraham (b. 1953), American politician

Max Abraham (1875–1922), German physicist

Max Abraham (publisher) (1831–1900), German music publisher

Michael Abraham (chemist) (contemporary), British chemist

Nahim Abraham (1885-1965), Lebanese-American businessman

Nicolas Abraham (1919–1975), Hungarian psychoanalyst

Patrick Abraham (contemporary), American terrorist

Paul Abraham (1892–1960), Serbian operetta composer

Pearl Abraham (b. 1960), Israeli-American novelist, essayist and short story writer

Phil Abraham (contemporary), American cinematographer and television director

Philip Abraham (1897–1955), Anglican Bishop of Newfoundland

Pierre Abraham (1892–1974), French journalist, essayist, and military figure in the French Air Force during the world wars

Pol Abraham (1891–1966), French architect

Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), Austrian architect and artist

Raju Abraham (b. 1961), Indian politician

Ralph Abraham (mathematician) (b. 1936), American mathematician and professor

Ralph Abraham (politician) (b. 1954), American politician

Reji Abraham (contemporary), Indian businessman

Robert Abraham (architect) (1773–1850), London architect

Robert Abraham (linebacker) (b. 1960), professional American football player

Roberto Abraham (b. 1965), Canadian astronomer and professor

Roman Abraham (1897–1976), Polish World War II general, son of Władysław Abraham

Ronny Abraham (b. 1951), French judge

S. Daniel Abraham (b. 1924), American businessman

Segun Abraham (b. 1953), Nigerian politician and businessman

Sheelu Abraham (contemporary), Indian actress

Shiny Abraham (b. 1965), Indian Olympic athlete

Spencer Abraham (b. 1952), U.S. Senator from Michigan

Stephen Abraham (contemporary), American lawyer and officer in the United States Army Reserve

Tajama Abraham (b. 1975), American basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association and coach

Tammy Abraham (b. 1997), English professional footballer

Tancrède Abraham (1836-1895), French landscape painter and engraver

Thomas Abraham (cricketer) (1838–1873), English cricketer

Tom Abraham (1910-2007), Texas businessman and philanthropist

Tomáš Abrahám (b. 1979), Czech football player

Walter Abraham (1923–2006), Australian architect and town planner

William Abraham (bishop) (1792–1837), Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore

William Abraham (Irish politician) (1840–1915), Irish Member of Parliament

William Abraham (British Army officer) (1897–1980), British Army officer

William Abraham (trade unionist) (1842–1922), Welsh politician

William Emmanuel Abraham (b. 1934), Ghanaian philosopher

William J. Abraham (b. 1947), Irish theologian, analytic philosopher, and United Methodist pastor

Winston Abraham (b. 1974), Australian rules football player

Władysław Abraham (1860–1941), Polish lawyer and academic, father of Roman Abraham

Wolfgang Abraham (1942–2013), German association football player

Xavier Abraham (b. 1945), Catalan poet, cultural activist, and bookseller

1. ^Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names, page 4
2. ^Hanks & Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of Names, page 2
3. ^Hanks & Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of Names, page 4
4. ^Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names, page 4
5. ^Hanks & Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of Names, page 71

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