Avram (given name)

Avram is a male given name. It is the Hebrew 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

Notes

1. NIV translation of the Bible, footnote to Genesis 17:5
2. Petrovsky, p. 35

Sources

• 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