Abram is a masculine given name of Biblical Hebrew origin, meaning exalted father. In the Bible, it was originally the name of the first of the three Biblical patriarchs, who later became known as Abraham.
The Russian language borrowed the name from Byzantine Christianity, but its popularity, along with other Biblical first names, declined by the mid-19th century. The forms used by the Russian Orthodox church were "Авраа́м" (Avraam), "Авраа́мий" (Avraamy), and "Авра́мий" (Avramy), but "Абра́м" (Abram) remained a popular colloquial variant. Other colloquial forms included "Абра́мий" (Abramy), "Авра́м" (Avram), and "Обра́м" (Obram). Until the end of the 19th century, the official Synodal Menologium also included the form "Абраха́м" (Abrakham).
The patronymics derived from "Abram" are "Абра́мович" (Abramovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Абра́мыч" (Abramych), and "Абра́мовна" (Abramovna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Abramy" are "Абра́миевич" (Abramiyevich; masculine) and "Абра́миевна" (Abramiyevna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Avraam" are "Авраа́мович" (Avraamovich; masculine) and "Авраа́мовна" (Avraamovna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Avraamy" are "Авраа́миевич" (Avraamiyevich; masculine) and "Авраа́миевна" (Avraamiyevna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Avram" are "Авра́мович" (Avramovich; masculine) and "Авра́мовна" (Avramovna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Avraamy" are "Авраа́миевич" (Avraamiyevich; masculine) and "Авраа́миевна" (Avraamiyevna; feminine).
The diminutives of "Avraam" and "Avraamy" include "Авраа́мка" (Avraamka), "Авра́мка" (Avramka), "Авраа́ха" (Avraakha), "Авра́ха" (Avrakha), "Авраа́ша" (Avraasha), and "Авра́ша" (Avrasha). The diminutives of "Abram" include "Абра́мка" (Abraamka), "Абра́ха" (Abrakha), and "Абра́ша" (Abrasha). The diminutives of "Avram" include "Авра́мка" (Avramka), "Авра́ха" (Avrakha), "Авра́ша" (Avrasha), and "А́ва" (Ava).
Abram Piatt Andrew (Jr.) (1873–1936), United States Representative from Massachusetts
Abram Smith (died 1930), African American lynching victim
Abram Lincoln Harris, African American economist, academic, and anthropologist
Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), Afro-Russian nobleman, military engineer and general of Ethiopian origin.
Abram Samoilovich Besicovitch (Bezikovich) (1891–1970), Russian mathematician
Abram Blass (born 1895), Polish-Israeli chess master
Abram Bergson (1914–2003), American economist
Abram Chasins (1903–1987), American composer, pianist, piano teacher, lecturer, musicologist, music broadcaster, radio executive and author
Abram Comingo (1820–1889), Democratic Representative
Abram Duryée (1815–1890), Union Army general
Abram Elam (born 1981), American football safety
Abram Fulkerson (1834–1902), Confederate officer
Abram Grushko (1918–1980), Russian painter and art teacher
Abram Harrison (1898–1979), politician
Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822–1903), teacher, lawyer, iron manufacturer, and chairman
Abram Hoffer (1917–2009), Canadian psychiatrist
Abram Jakira (1889–1931), American socialist political activist, newspaper editor, and Communist Party functionary
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1860–1960), prominent Russian/Soviet physicist
Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943), Lithuanian–Russian chess master
(Abram) Harding "Hardy" Richardson (1855–1931), second basemen and outfielder
Abram Joseph Ryan (1839–1886), American poet, proponent of the Confederate States of America, and Roman Catholic priest
Abram Trigg (born 1750), American farmer and politician
Benjamin Abram (1846-1938), French lawyer and politician
Darren Abram, English rugby league coach
David Abram (born 1957), American philosopher and ecologist
Felicity Abram (born 1986), Australian triathlete
Fletcher Abram (born 1950), American handball player
Ido Abram (born 1940), Indonesian academic
Jacques Abram (1915–1998), American classical pianist
John Abram (born 1959), Canadian composer
Lester Abram (born 1983), American basketball player
Luis Abram (born 1996), Peruvian football player
Michael "Mad Mick" Abram (born 1966), attempted to kill George Harrison on December 30, 1999
Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000), American lawyer, civil rights activist, and academic
Nerilie Abram (born 1977), Australian climate scientist
Norm Abram (born 1950), American carpenter
Syd Abram (1906-1988), English rugby player
Abraham (Avraham, Avrohom, also Avrohum, Avrohim, Avruhom, Avrihom, Avruhum), list of people
Avram (Avrom, Avrum)
Abramson, Abramsson
Abramov, and Abramowicz (Abramovich, Abramowitz), etc. (Slavic, Russianised form)
Abramczyk (surname)
Abromaitis, Abrameit, Abromeit (Baltic forms)
Bram, Brams, Brahm, Brahms, etc.
(not to be confused with the Hindu word Brahman)
Abiram, another Hebrew-origin given name
