# Ephraim (given name)

Ephraim (also Efraim) is a masculine given name of Hebrew and Aramaic 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".
Alternative spellings include Ephrem, Efrem, Efreom, Ephraem, Efren, or Efrén.

## People
### Ephraim

* Ephraim the Syrian (c. 306–373), Syrian Christian theologian, writer, hymnographer and saint
* Ephraim of Antioch (died 545), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and saint
* Ephraim the Neomartyr (1384–1426), Greek martyr and saint
* Ephraim Amu (1899–1995), Ghanaian composer
* Ephraim Anderson (1911–2006), British bacteriologist
* Ephraim Wales Bull (1806-1895), creator of the Concord grape
* Ephraim Willard Burr (1809–1894), American politician
* Ephraim Chambers (1680–1740), English writer
* Ephraim Clarke (1846–1921), Australian politician
* Ephraim Curzon (1883–?), English rugby league footballer
* Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
* Ephraim Emerton (1851–1935), American medievalist historian
* Ephraim Evron (1920–1995), Israeli diplomat
* Ephraim S. Fisher (1815–1876), American judge
* Ephie Fitzgerald (born 1961), Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
* Ephraim Grizzard (died 1892), American lynching victim
* Ephraim Hanson (1872–1952), justice of the Utah Supreme Court
* Ephraim Hart (1747–1825), American merchant
* Ephraim P. Holmes (1908–1997), American admiral
* Ephraim Jones (1750–1812), Canadian judge and politician
* 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
* Ephraim Lederer (1862–1925), American lawyer
* Ephraim Lewis (1968–1994), English singer-songwriter
* Ephraim Lipson (1888–1960), British economic historian
* Ephraim McDowell (1771–1830), American physician
* Ephraim Morse (1823–1906), American businessman
* Ephraim Oshry (1914–2003), Lithuanian-born American rabbi
* Ephraim G. Peyton (1802–after 1876), American judge
* Ephraim Salaam (born 1976), American football player
* Ephraim Serrette (born 1957), Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
* Ephraim Shay (1839–1916), American inventor
* Ephraim Sidon (born 1946), Israeli author
* Ephraim Sklyansky (1892–1925), Russian revolutionary
* Ephraim M. Sparrow (1928–2019), American engineering professor
* Ephraim Stern (1934–2018), Israeli archaeologist
* Ephraim Titler (1800–?), Liberian politician
* Ephraim Williams (1715–1755), American soldier
* Ephraim King Wilson (1771–1834), American politician
* Ephraim K. Wilson II (1821–1891), American politician
* Ephraim O. Dikko (1930-2003), Nigerian humanitarian

### Efraim

* Efraim (footballer), Brazilian footballer Efraim Gomes Júnior (1942–2017)
* Efraim Allsalu (1929–2006), Estonian painter
* Efraim Amira, Israeli football player
* Efi Arazi (1937–2013), Israeli businessman
* Effi Birnbaum (born 1954), Israeli basketball coach
* Efraím Cardozo (1877–1951), Paraguayan politician and historian
* Efraim Diveroli, American arms dealer
* Effi Eitam (born 1952), Israeli politician
* Efraim Gur (born 1955), Israeli politician
* Efraim Halevy (born 1934), Israeli lawyer and intelligence officer
* Efraim Karsh (born 1953), Israeli historian
* Efraim Leo (born 1997), Swedish singer and songwriter
* Efraim Margolin, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist
* Efraim Medina Reyes (born 1967), Colombian writer
* Efraim Racker (1913–1991), Austrian biochemist
* Efraím Rico (born 1967), Colombian cyclist
* Efraim Sevela (1928–2010), Russian writer, Soviet dissident
* Efraim Shalom (1934–2017), Israeli politician
* Efraim Sneh (born 1944), Israeli politician, physician and military commander
* Efraim Taburi (1900–1957), Israeli Zionist activist and politician
* Effi Wizen (born 1956), Israeli computer animator and visual effects specialist
* Efraim Zuroff (born 1948), Israeli historian and Nazi hunter

### Efraím

* Efraím Basílio Krevey (1928–2012), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop in Brazil

## Fictional characters

* Ephraim Black, in the Twilight series
* Ephraim Brown, in the TV series Everwood
* Ephraim Cabot, in the play Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill, as well as a 1958 film adaptation
* Ephraim Goodweather, in the 2009 horror novel The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
* Ephraim Lapham, in the 1943 novel Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
* Ephraim Tutt, in the novels of Arthur Train
* Prince Ephraim, one of the two main characters of the 2004 video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
* Ephraim Winslow, in the 2019 film The Lighthouse