Abraham (given name)
Abraham is a given name of Hebrew background, originating with the Biblical patriarch ; 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" "father", "ram" "high" – with the "ha" added in mark of his covenant with God.
In the Russian language, the name is used in the following forms: Авраам, Авраамий, Аврамий, Абрам, Абрамий, Аврам, Обра́м, and Абрахам.
Given name
- Abraham of Kashkar, Mar Abraham I, bishop of the Church of the East
- 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
- Abraham (Persian saint), 4th century Christian saint, martyred with Sapor of Bet-Nicator
- Abraham of Arbela, 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, Syrian-French abbot, founder of the abbey of St. Cirgues in Clermont
- Abraham of Cyrrhus, Syrian-born, Anatolian Roman Catholic saint
- Abraham of Egypt, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
- Abraham of Farshut or Abraham (Copt), a saint of the Coptic Church
- Abraham of the High Mountain, 5th century Christian saint
- Abraham of Kiev, a monk and Ukrainian Roman Catholic saint
- Abraham of Kratia, 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,, saint and monastic reformer of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Abraham the Great of Kidunja, 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, 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, a Russian convert from Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy, martyr, Christian saint
- Abraham of Miroshsk, abbot of the Holy Redeemer monastery in Pskow
- Abraham of Strathearn, Catholic bishop of Dunblane
- Abraham of Smolensk, Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
- Abraham bar Hiyya, Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
- Abraham ben David, Provençal rabbi, author and critic
- Abraham ibn Daud, Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher
- Abraham ibn Ezra, Spanish-Jewish philosopher, astronomer/astrologer, mathematician, poet, and linguistics scholar
14th to 17th centuries
- Abraham of Angamaly, Church of the East bishop
- Abraham Angermannus, Swedish Lutheran archbishop
- Abraham a Sancta Clara, Austrian Augustinian friar
- Abraham von Franckenberg, German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer
- Abraham of Galich, saint and founder of four Russian monasteries
- Abram Petrovich Gannibal, African slave
- Abraham and Coprius of Griasowetzk, 15th century abbot and saint
- Abraham the Laborious, a 14th century monk and saint of Ukraine
- Abraham Paleostrowski, an abbot and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Ignatius Abraham bar Gharib, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Mardin
- Abraham Bibago, Sephardic Jewish rabbi, preacher, scholar, philosopher, theologian, and author
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, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1734 and 1737
- Abraham Abraham, American department store magnate
- Abraham Abramson, Prussian coiner
- Abraham Baily, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Abraham Borch, Norwegian priest and politician
- Abraham H. Cannon, American Latter-day Saint apostle
- Abraham Cole, American politician
- Abraham Bogart Conger, American lawyer, farmer, and politician
- Abraham Greenberg, American lawyer and politician
- Abraham Hatfield, American businessman, philanthropist, and philatelist
- Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi
- Avraham Kalmanowitz, European Rav, founder and rosh yeshiva of Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn
- Abraham Khalfon, Tripoli Jewish community leader, historian, and paytan
- Abraham Lansing, American lawyer and politician in New York
- Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President
- Abraham Robertson, English mathematician
- Abraham Barak Salem, Indian Jewish lawyer, independence activist, and Zionist
- Abraham "Bram" Stoker, Irish novelist best known for his novel Dracula
- Abraham Van Vorhes, American politician
- Abraham O. Woodruff, American Latter-day Saint apostle
- Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe)
- Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe)
20th century to present
- Abraham Almonte, Dominican baseball player
- Abraham Amarasekara, Sri Lankan Sinhala painter
- Abraham Bankier, Polish Jewish businessman who helped with Oskar Schindler's wartime rescue activities
- Avraham Even-Shoshan, Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer
- Abraham Beame, first Jewish mayor of New York City
- Abraham Beauplan, American football player
- Abraham Beem, Dutch Jewish child gassed to death in Auschwitz concentration camp
- Abraham Benrubi, American actor
- Abraham Blum, Polish-Jewish activist
- Abram Cohen, American Olympic fencer
- Abraham Cykiert, Australian Holocaust survivor and Melburnian playwright and Zionist activist of the 1970s
- Abraham González Casanova, Catalan association football player
- Abraham Goodman, known as Abby Mann, American film writer and producer
- Avraham Gulik, Israeli marine biologist
- Abraham Gutt, Israeli basketball player
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, philosopher and Jewish theologian
- Abraham Hoffman, Israeli basketball player
- Abraham Katz, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
- Abraham Kurland, Danish Olympic medalist in wrestling
- Abraham Lucas, American football player
- Abraham Lunggana, Indonesian politician
- Abraham Maslow, American psychologist
- Abraham Mateo, Spanish actor and pop singer
- Abraham Nava, Mexican association football player
- Abraham Octavianus Atururi, Indonesian politician
- Abraham Olano, Spanish former professional cyclist
- Abraham Polonsky, American film director, screenwriter and Communist Party member
- Abraham Razack, a legislative councillor in Hong Kong
- Abraham Robinson, Jewish mathematician, the founder of non-standard analysis
- Abraham Roqueñi, Spanish kickboxer
- Abraham Samad, Indonesian lawyer
- Abraham Shakespeare, lottery winner and apparent murder victim
- Avraham Shlonsky, Israeli poet and editor
- Abraham Shneior, Israeli Olympic basketball player
- Abraham Tokazier, Finnish sprinter
- Abraham Toro, Canadian baseball player
- Abraham Torres, Venezuelan boxer
- Abraham "Abe" Vigoda, American actor
- Abraham Wickelgren, American lawyer
- Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe)
- Abraham Zangen, Israeli scientist