Abraham
Also spelled: Avraham
Usually a boy's name
- Meaning
- Hebrew 'father of a multitude', the Bible's own reading of the name Well attested
The older form, Abram, is read as 'high father'; the Bible's reading may be a later one.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Popularity
US 2025: #209 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #627
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.