Abraham (surname)
Abraham is a surname. It can be of Jewish, English, French, German, Dutch, Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Breton, and other origins. It is derived from the Hebrew personal name Avraham, borne by the biblical patriarch Abraham, revered by Jews as a founding father of the Jewish people, and by Muslims as founder of all Semitic peoples. The name is explained in Genesis 17:5 as being derived from the Hebrew av hamon goyim "father of a multitude of nations". It was commonly used as a given name among Christians in the Middle Ages, and has always been a popular Jewish given name. The English name Abram is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a shortened version of Adburgham, which comes from a place name. As an Irish name, it was adopted as an approximation of the Gaelic name Mac an Bhreitheamhan "son of the judge". The German name Brahm is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a topographic name signifying someone who lived near a bramble thicket. The name Braham has been used as an Anglicization of both Abraham and its patronymic Abrahams by Ashkenazi Jews in the British Isles. Abraham has also been used as an Anglicization of the equivalent Arabic surname Ibrāhīm.
List of people with the surname
Notable people with the surname include:- Abraham Abraham, American department store magnate
- Abu Abraham, Indian cartoonist
- Alan Abraham, Canadian politician
- Andy Abraham, English vocalist
- Ann Abraham, British ombudsman
- Arthur Abraham, German boxer
- Avi Ben-Abraham, American scientist
- Ben Abraham, Polish-born Brazilian writer and historian
- Ben Abraham , Australian folk singer and songwriter
- Brad Abraham, Canadian-born screenwriter, author, journalist, producer, and comic book creator
- Brian Abraham, American professional baseball front-office executive and former coach
- Caroline Abraham, New Zealand artist
- Carolyn Abraham, British-born Canadian freelance journalist and author
- Charles Abraham , second suffragan Bishop of Derby
- Charles Abraham , first Anglican Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
- Clifton Abraham, professional American football player
- Damian Abraham, punk rock singer and podcast host
- Daniel Abraham , science fiction and fantasy author
- Daniel Abraham , director of The Bach Sinfonia and choral activities at American University
- Daniel Abraham , Australian rugby league footballer
- David Abraham , British television executive
- David Abraham , Argentine association football player
- Derek Abraham, Dominica-born Canadian cricketer
- Donnie Abraham, professional American football player
- Dustin Lee Abraham, American actor
- Edward Abraham, British biochemist
- Emile Abraham, Trinidad and Tobago cyclist
- Erich Abraham, German infantry general
- Erich Abraham , German soldier, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Evan Abraham, Welsh footballer
- F. Murray Abraham, American actor
- Farid F. Abraham, American physicist
- Farrah Abraham, American reality television personality
- Fred Abraham Sr., British Guyanese cricketer
- Fred Abraham Jr., British Guyanese cricketer
- Gareth Abraham, Welsh association football player
- George and Ashley Abraham , British climbers and photographers
- G. P. Abraham, British photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer
- Henri Abraham, French physicist
- Henry J. Abraham, American legal scholar
- Henry David Abraham, American psychiatrist, co-recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize
- Hérard Abraham, Haitian politician
- Jay Abraham, American business executive, conference speaker, and author
- Jenő Ábrahám, Hungarian and Yugoslav football player
- John Abraham , Indian model and Bollywood actor
- John Abraham , American football player
- John Abraham , Indian film director
- John Abraham , British governor
- John Abraham, American engineering professor, climate science lecturer and debater
- Jolly Abraham, Indian singer
- Josh Abraham, American music producer
- Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
- Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst
- Larry H. Abraham,, American author
- Lucienne Abraham, French Trotskyist politician
- Lynne Abraham, American lawyer and judge
- Malouf Abraham, Jr., Texas physician and patron of the arts
- Malouf Abraham, Sr., Texas businessman and politician
- Marc Abraham, American film producer and director
- Mark Abraham, American politician
- Max Abraham, German physicist
- Max Abraham , German music publisher
- Michael Abraham , British chemist
- Nahim Abraham, Lebanese-American businessman
- Nicolas Abraham, Hungarian psychoanalyst
- Patrick Abraham, American arrested on terrorism-related offenses
- Paul Abraham, Serbian operetta composer
- Pearl Abraham, Israeli-American novelist, essayist and short story writer
- Phil Abraham, American cinematographer and television director
- Philip Abraham, Anglican Bishop of Newfoundland
- Pierre Abraham, French journalist, essayist, and military figure in the French Air Force during the world wars
- Pol Abraham, French architect
- Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect and artist
- Raju Abraham, Indian politician
- Ralph Abraham , American mathematician and professor
- Ralph Abraham , American politician
- Reji Abraham, Indian businessman
- Robert Abraham , London architect
- Robert Abraham , professional American football player
- Roberto Abraham, Canadian astronomer and professor
- Roman Abraham, Polish World War II general, son of Władysław Abraham
- Ronny Abraham, French judge
- Salem Abraham, American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist
- Samuel Abraham, Slovak academic administrator
- S. Daniel Abraham, American businessman
- Segun Abraham, Nigerian politician and businessman
- Sheelu Abraham, Indian actress
- Shiny Abraham, Indian Olympic athlete
- Spencer Abraham, U.S. Senator from Michigan
- Stephen Abraham, American lawyer and officer in the United States Army Reserve
- Tajama Abraham, American basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association and coach
- Tammy Abraham, English professional footballer
- :fr:Tancrède Abraham|Tancrède Abraham, French landscape painter and engraver
- Thomas Abraham , English cricketer
- Tom Abraham, Texas businessman and philanthropist
- Tomáš Abrahám, Czech football player
- Walter Abraham, Australian architect and town planner
- William Abraham , Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
- William Abraham , Irish Member of Parliament
- William Abraham , British Army officer
- William Abraham , Welsh politician
- William Emmanuel Abraham, Ghanaian philosopher
- William J. Abraham, Irish theologian, analytic philosopher, and United Methodist pastor
- Winston Abraham, Australian rules football player
- Władysław Abraham, Polish lawyer and academic, father of Roman Abraham
- Wolfgang Abraham, German association football player
- Xavier Abraham, Catalan poet, cultural activist, and bookseller