Abraham (given name)

This is a list of people named after Abraham, the Biblical patriarch (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם‎, Modern: Avraham, Tiberian: ʾAḇrāhām Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom); the father of the Abrahamic Religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam:

Abraham
Pronunciation/ˈeɪbrəhæm/
Dutch: [ɑbrɑ'ɦɑm]
Other names
See alsoAbram, Avram, Ibrahim, Ebrahim, Abe, Avi, Bram

As recounted in the Torah, his name was originally Avram which means "High Father" - "av" (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),[1][2] Авраамий (Avraamy),[2] Аврамий (Avramy),[3] Абрам (Abram),[1][4] Абрамий (Abramy),[4] Аврам (Avram),[3] Обра́м (Obram),[3] and Абрахам (Abrakham).[3]

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
  • Abraham (Ethiopian saint), martyred in Ethiopia with Ethnus, Acrates, James and John
  • 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 I of Armenia, Armenian catholicos (607–615) in the Dvin era of the Armenian Apostolic Church
  • 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 Kaskhar (died 366), a 4th century Christian priest and martyr
  • 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 century
14th to 15th century
  • Abraham and Coprius of Griasowetzk (for Abraham of Griasowetzk), 15th century abbot and saint
  • Abraham of Galich (died 1375), saint and founder of four Russian monasteries
  • 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
16th to 18th century
Contemporary (19th century onward)
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See also

References

Notes
  1. Nikonov, p. 50
  2. Superanskaya [1], p. 20
  3. Superanskaya [2], p. 30
  4. Petrovsky, p. 35

Sources
  • В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (Looking for a Name). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988. ISBN 5-268-00401-8
  • Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
  • [1] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
  • [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5
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