Avram (given name)

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Avram is a male given name. It is a form of the name Abram, which means exalted father.[1][2]

The following people share this name:

  • Abraham, the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Midianites and Edomite peoples
  • Avram Bunaciu (1909–1983), Romanian communist politician
  • Avram Noam Chomsky (born 1928), American linguist and political activist
  • Avram Davidson (1923–1993), American Jewish writer
  • Avram Finkelstein, Jewish American artist
  • Avram Glazer (born 1960), Jewish American businessperson
  • Avram Grant (born 1955), Israeli association football manager
  • Avram Hershko (born 1937), Israeli Nobel laureate biochemist
  • Avram Iancu (1824–1872), Transylvanian Romanian lawyer
  • Avram Petronijević (1791–1852), Serbian politician
  • Avram Noam Chomsky (!928- )

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ NIV translation of the Bible, footnote to Genesis 17:5
  2. ^ Petrovsky, p. 35

Sources[]

  • 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
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