Abraham (given name)

Abraham is a given name of Hebrew background, originating with the Biblical patriarch ( 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" - "ab" (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: Авраам (Avraam), Авраамий (Avraamy), Аврамий (Avramy), Абрам (Abram), Абрамий (Abramy), Аврам (Avram), Обра́м (Obram), and Абрахам (Abrakham).

Given name

 * Abraham of Kashkar, Mar Abraham I, bishop of the Church of the East (148–171 AD)
 * Abraham (Egyptian saint), martyred in Egypt with John of Samanoud and James of Manug
 * Saint Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, part of the martyrs Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John venerated in Ethiopia as saints
 * Abraham (Persian saint), 4th century Christian saint, martyred with Sapor of Bet-Nicator
 * Abraham of Arbela (died c. 348), Syrian bishop, martyr, and saint
 * Abraham of Arazd, 5th century Armenian Christian priest, hermit, and saint 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 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 of Farshut or Abraham (Copt) (lived 5th or 6th century), a saint of the Coptic Church
 * Abraham of the High Mountain (died 446), 5th century Christian saint
 * 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 Nethpra, a 6th century saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
 * Abraham of Scetes, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
 * 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 Writer, a saint of the Syrian Orthodox Church
 * Abraha, a variant form, King of Saba'

9th to 13th centuries

 * Pope Abraham of Alexandria (died 978), Syrian Coptic Pope
 * Abraham II (Nestorian patriarch), Patriarch of the Church of the East from 837 to 850
 * Abraham III (Nestorian patriarch), Abraham III Abraza, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 906 to 937
 * Abraham of Bulgaria (died 1229), a Russian convert from Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy, martyr, Christian saint
 * Abraham of Miroshsk (died 1158), abbot of the Holy Redeemer monastery in Pskow
 * Abraham of Strathearn (died 1220s), Catholic bishop of Dunblane
 * Abraham of Smolensk (died 1221), Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
 * Abraham bar Hiyya (1070–1145), Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
 * Abraham ben David (~1125–1198), Provençal rabbi, author and critic
 * 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

14th to 17th centuries

 * Abraham of Angamaly (died c. 1597) (Mar Abraham), Church of the East bishop
 * Abraham Angermannus (died 1607), Swedish Lutheran archbishop
 * Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644–1709), Austrian Augustinian friar
 * Abraham von Franckenberg (1593–1652), German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer
 * Abraham of Galich (died 1375), saint and founder of four Russian monasteries
 * Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), African slave
 * Abraham and Coprius of Griasowetzk (for Abraham of Griasowetzk), 15th century abbot and saint
 * Abraham the Laborious, a 14th century monk and saint of Ukraine
 * Abraham Paleostrowski (died c. 1460), an abbot and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
 * Ignatius Abraham bar Gharib ((r. 1381/1382 – 1412)), Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Mardin

18th to 19th centuries

 * Abraham II of Armenia or Abraham Khoshabetzi, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1730 and 1734
 * Abraham III of Armenia or Abraham of Crete or Abraham Kretatsi (d. 1737), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1734 and 1737
 * Abraham Abraham (1843–1911), American department store magnate
 * Abraham Abramson (c.1753–1811), Prussian coiner
 * Abraham Baily (1760–1825), American politician from Pennsylvania
 * Abraham H. Cannon (1859–1896), American Latter-day Saint apostle
 * Abraham Cole (died 1890), American politician
 * Abraham Greenberg (1881–1941), American lawyer and politician
 * Abraham Hatfield (1867–1957), American businessman, philanthropist, and philatelist
 * Abraham Hochmuth (1816–1889), Hungarian rabbi
 * Avraham Kalmanowitz (1891–1964), European Rav, founder and rosh yeshiva of Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn
 * Abraham Khalfon (1741–1819), Tripoli Jewish community leader, historian, and paytan
 * Abraham Lansing (1835–1899), American lawyer and politician in New York
 * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. President
 * Abraham Robertson (1751–1826), English mathematician
 * Abraham Barak Salem (1882–1967), Indian Jewish lawyer, independence activist, and Zionist
 * Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847–1912), Irish novelist best known for his novel Dracula
 * Abraham Van Vorhes (1793–1879), American politician
 * Abraham O. Woodruff (1872–1904), American Latter-day Saint apostle
 * Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe) (1820–1883)
 * Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe) (1884–1961)

20th century to present

 * Abraham Almonte (born 1989), Dominican baseball player
 * Abraham Bankier (1910–1956), Polish Jewish businessman who helped with Oskar Schindler's wartime rescue activities
 * Avraham Even-Shoshan (1906–1984), Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer
 * Abraham Beame (1906–2001), first Jewish mayor of New York City
 * Abraham Beauplan (born 2000), American football player
 * Abraham Beem (1934–1944), Dutch Jewish child gassed to death in Auschwitz concentration camp
 * Abraham Benrubi (born 1969), American actor
 * Abraham Blum (1905–1943), Polish-Jewish activist
 * Abram Cohen (1924–2016), American Olympic fencer
 * Abraham Cykiert (1926–2009), Australian Holocaust survivor and Melburnian playwright and Zionist activist of the 1970s
 * Abraham González Casanova (born 1985), Catalan (Spanish) association football player
 * Abraham Goodman, known as Abby Mann (1927–2008), American film writer and producer
 * Abraham Gutt (born 1944), Israeli basketball player
 * Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), Polish-American rabbi, philosopher and Jewish theologian
 * Abraham Hoffman (1938–2015), Israeli basketball player
 * Abraham Katz (1926–2013), American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
 * Abraham Kurland (1912–1999), Danish Olympic medalist in wrestling
 * Abraham Lucas (born 1998), American football player
 * Abraham Lunggana (1959–2021), Indonesian politician
 * Abraham Maslow (1908–1970), American psychologist
 * Abraham Mateo, Spanish actor and pop singer
 * Abraham Nava (born 1964), Mexican association football player
 * Abraham Olano (born 1970), Spanish former professional cyclist
 * Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999), American film director, screenwriter and Communist Party member
 * Abraham Razack (born 1945), a legislative councillor in Hong Kong
 * Abraham Robinson (1918–1974), Jewish mathematician, the founder of non-standard analysis
 * Abraham Roqueñi (born 1978), Spanish kickboxer
 * Abraham Samad (born 1966), Indonesian lawyer
 * Abraham Shakespeare (1966–2009), lottery winner and apparent murder victim
 * Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973), Israeli poet and editor
 * Abraham Shneior (1928–1998), Israeli Olympic basketball player
 * Abraham Tokazier (1909–1976), Finnish sprinter
 * Abraham Toro (born 1996), Canadian baseball player
 * Abraham Torres (born 1968), Venezuelan boxer
 * Abraham Wickelgren (born 1969), American lawyer
 * Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe) (1928–2013)
 * Abraham Zangen, Israeli scientist