# Abraham (given name)

Abraham is a given name of Hebrew background, originating with the Biblical patriarch (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern: Avraham, Tiberian: ʾAḇrāhām Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom); the father of the Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
As recounted in the Torah, his name was originally Avram which means "High Father" – "ab" (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), Авраамий (Avraamy), Аврамий (Avramy), Абрам (Abram), Абрамий (Abramy), Аврам (Avram), Обра́м (Obram), and Абрахам (Abrakham).

## 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
* Saint Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
* 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 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 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 centuries

* Pope Abraham of Alexandria (died 978), Syrian Coptic Pope
* Abraham II (Nestorian patriarch), Patriarch of the Church of the East from 837 to 850
* Abraham III (Nestorian patriarch), Abraham III Abraza, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 906 to 937
* Abraham of Bulgaria (died 1229), a Russian convert from Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy, martyr, Christian saint
* Abraham of Miroshsk (died 1158), abbot of the Holy Redeemer monastery in Pskow
* Abraham of Strathearn (died 1220s), Catholic bishop of Dunblane
* Abraham of Smolensk (died 1221), Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
* Abraham bar Hiyya (1070–1145), Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
* Abraham ben David (~1125–1198), Provençal rabbi, author and critic
* Abraham ibn Daud (~1110–~1180), Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher
* Abraham ibn Ezra (1089–1164), Spanish-Jewish philosopher, astronomer/astrologer, mathematician, poet, and linguistics scholar

### 14th to 17th centuries

* Abraham of Angamaly (died c. 1597) (Mar Abraham), Church of the East bishop
* Abraham Angermannus (died 1607), Swedish Lutheran archbishop
* Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644–1709), Austrian Augustinian friar
* Abraham von Franckenberg (1593–1652), German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer
* Abraham of Galich (died 1375), saint and founder of four Russian monasteries
* Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), African slave
* Abraham and Coprius of Griasowetzk (for Abraham of Griasowetzk), 15th century abbot and saint
* 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
* Ignatius Abraham bar Gharib (r. 1381/1382–1412), Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Mardin
* Abraham Bibago (c. 1420-1489), Sephardic Jewish rabbi, preacher, scholar, philosopher, theologian, and author

### 18th to 19th centuries

* Abraham II of Armenia or Abraham Khoshabetzi, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1730 and 1734
* Abraham III of Armenia or Abraham of Crete or Abraham Kretatsi (d. 1737), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1734 and 1737
* Abraham Abraham (1843–1911), American department store magnate
* Abraham Abramson (c.1753–1811), Prussian coiner
* Abraham Baily (1760–1825), American politician from Pennsylvania
* Abraham Borch (1786-1847), Norwegian priest and politician
* Abraham H. Cannon (1859–1896), American Latter-day Saint apostle
* Abraham Cole (died 1890), American politician
* Abraham Greenberg (1881–1941), American lawyer and politician
* Abraham Hatfield (1867–1957), American businessman, philanthropist, and philatelist
* Abraham Hochmuth (1816–1889), Hungarian rabbi
* Avraham Kalmanowitz (1891–1964), European Rav, founder and rosh yeshiva of Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn
* Abraham Khalfon (1741–1819), Tripoli Jewish community leader, historian, and paytan
* Abraham Lansing (1835–1899), American lawyer and politician in New York
* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. President
* Abraham Robertson (1751–1826), English mathematician
* Abraham Barak Salem (1882–1967), Indian Jewish lawyer, independence activist, and Zionist
* Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847–1912), Irish novelist best known for his novel Dracula
* Abraham Van Vorhes (1793–1879), American politician
* Abraham O. Woodruff (1872–1904), American Latter-day Saint apostle
* Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe) (1820–1883)
* Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe) (1884–1961)

### 20th century to present

* Abraham Almonte (born 1989), Dominican baseball player
* Abraham Bankier (1910–1956), Polish Jewish businessman who helped with Oskar Schindler's wartime rescue activities
* Avraham Even-Shoshan (1906–1984), Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer
* Abraham Beame (1906–2001), first Jewish mayor of New York City
* Abraham Beauplan (born 2000), American football player
* Abraham Beem (1934–1944), Dutch Jewish child gassed to death in Auschwitz concentration camp
* Abraham Benrubi (born 1969), American actor
* Abraham Blum (1905–1943), Polish-Jewish activist
* Abram Cohen (1924–2016), American Olympic fencer
* Abraham Cykiert (1926–2009), Australian Holocaust survivor and Melburnian playwright and Zionist activist of the 1970s
* Abraham González Casanova (born 1985), Catalan (Spanish) association football player
* Abraham Goodman, known as Abby Mann (1927–2008), American film writer and producer
* Abraham Gutt (born 1944), Israeli basketball player
* Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), Polish-American rabbi, philosopher and Jewish theologian
* Abraham Hoffman (1938–2015), Israeli basketball player
* Abraham Katz (1926–2013), American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
* Abraham Kurland (1912–1999), Danish Olympic medalist in wrestling
* Abraham Lucas (born 1998), American football player
* Abraham Lunggana (1959–2021), Indonesian politician
* Abraham Maslow (1908–1970), American psychologist
* Abraham Mateo, Spanish actor and pop singer
* Abraham Nava (born 1964), Mexican association football player
* Abraham Octavianus Atururi (1951–2019), Indonesian politician
* Abraham Olano (born 1970), Spanish former professional cyclist
* Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999), American film director, screenwriter and Communist Party member
* Abraham Razack (born 1945), a legislative councillor in Hong Kong
* Abraham Robinson (1918–1974), Jewish mathematician, the founder of non-standard analysis
* Abraham Roqueñi (born 1978), Spanish kickboxer
* Abraham Samad (born 1966), Indonesian lawyer
* Abraham Shakespeare (1966–2009), lottery winner and apparent murder victim
* Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973), Israeli poet and editor
* Abraham Shneior (1928–1998), Israeli Olympic basketball player
* Abraham Tokazier (1909–1976), Finnish sprinter
* Abraham Toro (born 1996), Canadian baseball player
* Abraham Torres (born 1968), Venezuelan boxer
* Abraham Wickelgren (born 1969), American lawyer
* Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe) (1928–2013)
* Abraham Zangen, Israeli scientist