Ephraim (given name)
Ephraim (also Efraim and Efraím) is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, first used by the Israelite patriarch of that name. In the modern English language it is typically pronounced /'i:f.rəm/. In Hebrew, the name means "fruitful, fertile and productive".
Notable people with the name include:
- Saint Ephraim of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (d. 545)
- Efraim Allsalu (1929–2006), Estonian painter
- Efraim Amira, Israeli football player
- Ephraim Amu (1899–1995), Ghanaian composer
- Efraim R. Arazi (Efi Arazi; 1937–2013), Israeli businessman
- Efraim Birnbaum (Effi Birnbaum; born 1954), Israeli basketball coach
- Ephraim Burr (1809–1894), American politician
- Efraím Cardozo (1877–1951), Paraguayan politician and historian
- Ephraim Chambers (1680–1740), English writer
- Ephraim Clarke (1846–1921), Australian politician
- Ephraim Curzon (1883–?), English rugby league footballer
- Efraim Diveroli, American arms dealer
- Eifram Eitam (Effi Eitam; born 1952), Israeli politician
- Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
- Ephraim Emerton (1851–1935), American medievalist historian
- Ephraim Evron (1920–1995), Israeli diplomat
- Ephraim Grizzard (d. 1892), American lynching victim
- Efraim Gur (born 1955), Israeli politician
- Efraim Halevy (born 1934), Israeli lawyer and intelligence officer
- Ephraim Hart (1747–1825), American merchant
- Ephraim Holmes (1908–1997), American admiral
- Ephraim Jones (1750–1812), Canadian judge and politician
- Efraim Karsh (born 1953), Israeli historian
- Ephraim Katz (1932–1992), Israeli-born American film historian
- Ephraim Katzir (1916–2009), Israeli politician
- Ephraim Keyser (1850–1937), American sculptor
- Ephraim Kishon (1924–2005), Israeli writer
- Efraím Basílio Krevey (1928–2012), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop in Brazil
- Ephraim Lewis (1968–1994), English singer-songwriter
- Ephraim Lipson (1888–1960), British economic historian
- Efraim Margolin, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist
- Ephraim McDowell (1771–1830), American physician
- Efraim Medina Reyes (born 1967), Colombian writer
- Ephraim Morse (1823–1906), American businessman
- Ephraim Oshry (1914–2003), Lithuanian-born American rabbi
- Efraim Racker (1913–1991), Austrian biochemist
- Efraím Rico (born 1967), Colombian cyclist
- Ephraim Salaam (born 1976), American football player
- Efraim Sevela (1928–2010), Russian writer, Soviet dissident
- Efraim Shalom (born 1934), Israeli politician
- Ephraim Shay (1839–1916), American inventor
- Ephraim Sidon (born 1946), Israeli author
- Ephraim Sklyansky (1892–1925), Russian revolutionary
- Efraim Sneh (born 1944), Israeli politician, physician and military commander
- Ephraim Sparrow, American academic
- Efraim Taburi (1900–1957), Israeli Zionist activist and politician
- Ephraim Williams (1715–1755), American soldier
- Efraim "Effi" Wizen (born 1956), Israeli computer animator and visual effects specialist
- Efraim Zuroff (born 1948), Israeli historian and Nazi hunter
Fictional characters:
- Ephraim Black, a character in the Twilight series
- Ephraim Brown, a character in the TV series Everwood played by Gregory Smith
- Ephraim Cabot, a character in Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill
- Ephraim Lapham, a character in Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
- Ephraim Tutt, a character in the novels of Arthur Train
- Ephraim Goodweather, a character in The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
- Prince Ephraim, one of the two main characters of the video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.
- Ephraim Winslow, a character in The Lighthouse
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