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)

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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