Abram

Where Abram comes from

From Latin Abram, from Koine Greek Ἀβράμ (Abrám), from Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām), from אָב (áb, “father”) + רָם (rám, “high, exalted”). Doublet of Abramo and Avram. As an American placename, particularly named for local resident Abram Dillard, a Texas ranger.
— Wiktionary's entry for Abram
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1862
    Abram Arkhipov born
    Russian artist
  2. 1880
    Abram Ioffe born
    Soviet physicist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #373 among boys — 21 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1881
    Peak, #289
    30 babies named Abram — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #509.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Abram Ioffe · Soviet physicist, 1880–1960
  • Abram Arkhipov · Russian artist, 1862–1930
  • Abram Besicovitch · Russian mathematician, 1891–1970
  • Abram Room · Soviet film director, 1894–1976
  • Abram Deborin · Russian philosopher, 1881–1963

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.