Abraham

Abraham meaning

Abraham is a Christian and international boy's name of Hebrew origin.

Father of a multitude

Also used to mean: father of many nations

Abraham is the name God gives to Abram in Genesis 17, explained there as 'a father of many nations'. Strong's Concordance analyses it as ab, 'father', joined to a root that probably means 'to be populous', hence 'father of a multitude'. Abraham is the patriarch honoured by Jews, Christians and Muslims, the father of Isaac and grandfather of Jacob. Among Kerala's Syrian Christians the name has been used for centuries, both as Abraham and in the older Malayalam form Avirah, and it is also used as a surname in South India.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary, H85 · entry Abraham · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Strong's H85, Abraham (Bible Hub) · Genesis 17:5 (Bible Hub)

Famous namesakes

• Abraham, patriarch in the Book of Genesis

Popularity abroad

• #209 United States, boys 2025 (down 5 from 204 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #627 England and Wales, boys 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Abraham · Abraam

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