Avram is a male given name. It is a form of the name Abram, which means exalted father.[1][2]
The following people share this name:
- Abraham, the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Midianites and Edomite peoples
- Avram Bunaciu (1909–1983), Romanian communist politician
- Avram Noam Chomsky (born 1928), American linguist and political activist
- Avram Davidson (1923–1993), American Jewish writer
- Avram Finkelstein, Jewish American artist
- Avram Glazer (born 1960), Jewish American businessperson
- Avram Grant (born 1955), Israeli association football manager
- Avram Hershko (born 1937), Israeli Nobel laureate biochemist
- Avram Iancu (1824–1872), Transylvanian Romanian lawyer
- Avram Patt, Vermont politician
- Avram Petronijević (1791–1852), Serbian politician
References
editNotes
edit- ^ NIV translation of the Bible, footnote to Genesis 17:5
- ^ Petrovsky, p. 35
Sources
edit- Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3