Abraham

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Greenland Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Hebrew name אַבְרָהָם (Avraham) meaning 'father of a multitude (of nations)' [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

     
Aabraham ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aaprahami ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aaprahammi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Abraham ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Greenlandic Norwegian Swedish
Ábraham ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Abrahamine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Ápraham ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Ápparan ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Hami ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hammi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Abbe

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

20 December

Norway Norway

20 December

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

18 December

Sweden Sweden

18 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1248 [2]

Bible

Abraham was a man who led the Jews to Canaan. The original form of the name before God changed it to Abraham, was Abram (= 'high father'). His first wife was Sara and his second wife was Hagar.

Namesakes

Abraham Theodor Berge, former Prime Minister of Norway (1923-1924)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png 1 53 362 975
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 110 199
Denmark Denmark[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 80 n.a
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 1 n.a 1258
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Abraham.

Sources: [5] [7] [6] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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