Ephraim (given name)

Ephraim (also Efraim) is a masculine given name of Hebrew and Aramaic origin, first used by the Israelite patriarch of that name. In the modern English language it is typically pronounced. In Hebrew, the name means "fruitful, fertile and productive".

Alternative spellings include Ephrem, Efrem, Ephraem, Efren, or Efrén.

Ephraim

 * Ephraim the Syrian (c. 306–373), Syrian Christian theologian, writer, hymnographer and saint
 * Ephraim of Antioch (died 545), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and saint
 * Ephraim the Neomartyr (1384–1426), Greek martyr and saint
 * Ephraim Amu (1899–1995), Ghanaian composer
 * Ephraim Anderson (1911–2006), British bacteriologist
 * Ephraim Wales Bull (1806-1895), creator of the Concord grape
 * Ephraim Willard Burr (1809–1894), American politician
 * Ephraim Chambers (1680–1740), English writer
 * Ephraim Clarke (1846–1921), Australian politician
 * Ephraim Curzon (1883–?), English rugby league footballer
 * Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
 * Ephraim Emerton (1851–1935), American medievalist historian
 * Ephraim Evron (1920–1995), Israeli diplomat
 * Ephraim S. Fisher (1815–1876), American judge
 * Ephraim Grizzard (died 1892), American lynching victim
 * Ephraim Hanson (1872–1952), justice of the Utah Supreme Court
 * Ephraim Hart (1747–1825), American merchant
 * Ephraim P. Holmes (1908–1997), American admiral
 * Ephraim Jones (1750–1812), Canadian judge and politician
 * Ephraim Katz (1932–1992), Israeli-born American film historian
 * Ephraim Katzir (1916–2009), Israeli politician
 * Ephraim Keyser (1850–1937), American sculptor
 * Ephraim Kishon (1924–2005), Israeli writer
 * Ephraim Lederer (1862–1925), American lawyer
 * Ephraim Lewis (1968–1994), English singer-songwriter
 * Ephraim Lipson (1888–1960), British economic historian
 * Ephraim McDowell (1771–1830), American physician
 * Ephraim Morse (1823–1906), American businessman
 * Ephraim Oshry (1914–2003), Lithuanian-born American rabbi
 * Ephraim G. Peyton (1802–after 1876), American judge
 * Ephraim Salaam (born 1976), American football player
 * Ephraim Shay (1839–1916), American inventor
 * Ephraim Sidon (born 1946), Israeli author
 * Ephraim Sklyansky (1892–1925), Russian revolutionary
 * Ephraim M. Sparrow (1928–2019), American engineering professor
 * Ephraim Stern (1934–2018), Israeli archaeologist
 * Ephraim Titler (1800–?), Liberian politician
 * Ephraim Williams (1715–1755), American soldier
 * Ephraim King Wilson (1771–1834), American politician
 * Ephraim K. Wilson II (1821–1891), American politician

Efraim

 * Efraim (footballer), Brazilian footballer Efraim Gomes Júnior (1942–2017)
 * Efraim Allsalu (1929–2006), Estonian painter
 * Efraim Amira, Israeli football player
 * Efi Arazi (1937–2013), Israeli businessman
 * Effi Birnbaum (born 1954), Israeli basketball coach
 * Efraím Cardozo (1877–1951), Paraguayan politician and historian
 * Efraim Diveroli, American arms dealer
 * Effi Eitam (born 1952), Israeli politician
 * Efraim Gur (born 1955), Israeli politician
 * Efraim Halevy (born 1934), Israeli lawyer and intelligence officer
 * Efraim Karsh (born 1953), Israeli historian
 * Efraim Leo (born 1997), Swedish singer and songwriter
 * Efraim Margolin, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist
 * Efraim Medina Reyes (born 1967), Colombian writer
 * Efraim Racker (1913–1991), Austrian biochemist
 * Efraím Rico (born 1967), Colombian cyclist
 * Efraim Sevela (1928–2010), Russian writer, Soviet dissident
 * Efraim Shalom (1934–2017), Israeli politician
 * Efraim Sneh (born 1944), Israeli politician, physician and military commander
 * Efraim Taburi (1900–1957), Israeli Zionist activist and politician
 * Effi Wizen (born 1956), Israeli computer animator and visual effects specialist
 * Efraim Zuroff (born 1948), Israeli historian and Nazi hunter

Efraím

 * Efraím Basílio Krevey (1928–2012), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop in Brazil

Fictional characters

 * Ephraim Black, in the Twilight series
 * Ephraim Brown, in the TV series Everwood
 * Ephraim Cabot, in the play Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill, as well as a 1958 film adaptation
 * Ephraim Goodweather, in the 2009 horror novel The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
 * Ephraim Lapham, in the 1943 novel Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
 * Ephraim Tutt, in the novels of Arthur Train
 * Prince Ephraim, one of the two main characters of the 2004 video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
 * Ephraim Winslow, in the 2019 film The Lighthouse