Abram (name)

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Abram is a masculine given name of Biblical Hebrew origin,[1] meaning exalted father in much later languages.[2][3] In the Bible, it was originally the name of the first of the three Biblical patriarchs, who later became known as Abraham.

Russian name[]

The Russian language borrowed the name from Byzantine Christianity, but its popularity, along with other Biblical first names, declined by the mid-19th century.[1] The forms used by the Russian Orthodox church were "Авраа́м" (Avraam),[1][4] "Авраа́мий" (Avraamy),[4] and "Авра́мий" (Avramy),[5] but "Абра́м" (Abram) remained a popular colloquial variant.[1][3] Other colloquial forms included "Абра́мий" (Abramy),[3] "Авра́м" (Avram),[5] and "Обра́м" (Obram).[5] Until the end of the 19th century, the official Synodal Menologium also included the form "Абраха́м" (Abrakham).[6]

The patronymics derived from "Abram" are "Абра́мович" (Abramovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Абра́мыч" (Abramych), and "Абра́мовна" (Abramovna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Abramy" are "Абра́миевич" (Abramiyevich; masculine) and "Абра́миевна" (Abramiyevna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Avraam" are "Авраа́мович" (Avraamovich; masculine) and "Авраа́мовна" (Avraamovna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Avraamy" are "Авраа́миевич" (Avraamiyevich; masculine) and "Авраа́миевна" (Avraamiyevna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Avram" are "Авра́мович" (Avramovich; masculine) and "Авра́мовна" (Avramovna; feminine).[3] The patronymics derived from "Avraamy" are "Авраа́миевич" (Avraamiyevich; masculine) and "Авраа́миевна" (Avraamiyevna; feminine).[3]

The diminutives of "Avraam" and "Avraamy" include "Авраа́мка" (Avraamka), "Авра́мка" (Avramka), "Авраа́ха" (Avraakha), "Авра́ха" (Avrakha), "Авраа́ша" (Avraasha), and "Авра́ша" (Avrasha).[3] The diminutives of "Abram" include "Абра́мка" (Abraamka), "Абра́ха" (Abrakha), and "Абра́ша" (Abrasha).[3] The diminutives of "Avram" include "Авра́мка" (Avramka), "Авра́ха" (Avrakha), "Авра́ша" (Avrasha), and "А́ва" (Ava).[3]

People with the given name Abram[]

  • Abram Piatt Andrew (Jr.) (1873–1936), United States Representative from Massachusetts
  • Abram Samoilovich Besicovitch (Bezikovich) (1891–1970), Russian mathematician
  • Abram Blass (born 1895), Polish-Israeli chess master
  • Abram Bergson (1914–2003), American economist
  • Abram Chasins (1903–1987), American composer, pianist, piano teacher, lecturer, musicologist, music broadcaster, radio executive and author
  • Abram Comingo (1820–1889), Democratic Representative
  • Abram Duryée (1815–1890), Union Army general
  • Abram Elam (born 1981), American football safety
  • Abram Fulkerson (1834–1902), Confederate officer
  • Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), Afro-Russian nobleman, military engineer and general of Ethiopian origin
  • Abram Grushko (1918–1980), Russian painter and art teacher
  • Abram Lincoln Harris (1899–1963), African American economist, academic, and anthropologist
  • Abram Harrison (1898–1979), politician
  • Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822–1903), teacher, lawyer, iron manufacturer, and chairman
  • Abram Hoffer (1917–2009), Canadian psychiatrist
  • Abram Jakira (1889–1931), American socialist political activist, newspaper editor, and Communist Party functionary
  • Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1860–1960), prominent Russian/Soviet physicist
  • Abram Lyle (1820-1891), Scottish businessman
  • Abram F. Myers (born 1889), chair of the Federal Trade Commission and later general counsel and board chairman of the Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors
  • Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943), Lithuanian–Russian chess master
  • (Abram) Harding "Hardy" Richardson (1855–1931), second baseman and outfielder
  • Abram Joseph Ryan (1839–1886), American poet, proponent of the Confederate States of America, and Roman Catholic priest
  • Abram Saperstein, changed his name to Albert Sabin (1906–1993), Polish-American medical researcher who developed an oral polio vaccine; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Abram Smith (died 1930), African American lynching victim
  • Abram Trigg (born 1750), American farmer and politician

Variant forms[]

  • Abraham (Avraham, Avrohom, also Avrohum, Avrohim, Avruhom, Avrihom, Avruhum, Ibrahim), list of people
  • Avram (Avrom, Avrum)
  • Abrams
  • Abramson, Abramsson
  • Abramov, and Abramowicz (Abramovich, Abramowitz), etc. (Slavic, Russianised form)
  • Abramczyk (surname)
  • Abraomas, Abromaitis (surname), Abrameit, Abromeit (Baltic forms)
  • Bram, Brams, Brahm, Brahms, etc.
    • (not to be confused with the Hindu word Brahman)
  • Abiram, another Hebrew-origin given name

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d Nikonov, p. 96
  2. ^ NIV translation of the Bible, footnote to Genesis 17:5
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Petrovsky, p. 35
  4. ^ a b Superanskaya [1], p. 20
  5. ^ a b c Superanskaya [2], p. 30
  6. ^ Superanskaya [2], pp. 23 and 30

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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