Abram - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Abram \a-

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 a somewhat common first name for men (#1053 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#5683 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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