Avraham

Avraham: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“father of multitudes”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
AHV-rah-hahm · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Hebrew form of Abraham, the biblical patriarch. In Genesis, Abram's name is explained as changed to Abraham/Avraham with this meaning.

How popular is Avraham?

202465.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Avraham in 2024216

2024 rank#1,028 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18804,773

Avraham is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Avraham

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Abrahamfather of multitudes · Hebrew
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Abefather of multitudes · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew

Avraham questions

What does the name Avraham mean?

Avraham means "father of multitudes". It comes from Hebrew. Hebrew form of Abraham, the biblical patriarch. In Genesis, Abram's name is explained as changed to Abraham/Avraham with this meaning.

Is Avraham a boy or girl name?

Avraham is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Avraham?

216 US babies were named Avraham in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Avraham?

Avraham is usually pronounced AHV-rah-hahm.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.