Abram - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Abram \a-bram, ab-ram\ is pronounced AY-bram. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "high father". Variant of Abraham. Biblical: the patriarch Abraham's name before God changed it. From the Middle Ages, however, if not before, it was taken to be a contracted version. Abran (a-BRAHN) is the Spanish form.

Abram has 10 variant forms: Abe, Abey, Abie, Abramo, Abran, Abrian, Abriel, Avram, Avrom and Bram.

Baby names that sound like Abram are Abrams and Abrami.

Abram is an uncommon male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Abram. Click here to compare Abram with related baby names.