Avram

אַבְרָם

• Gender: Male
• Origin: Biblical / Rabbinic Hebrew
• Meaning: high father

• Before God added the letter hey and transformed him into Abraham, the father of the Jewish people was simply Avram. It is the original version, the before picture, the name he carried when he first heard the call to leave everything he knew and head toward an unknown land. There is something wonderfully appealing about choosing the name from before the story got famous.

  Avram has the feel of a name that has been quietly waiting for its comeback, and the moment may be now. Two syllables of pure heritage — recognizably Jewish without being overly formal, and a little bit indie.

• English Equivalent:
  Abram
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Shoshana
  ,
  Orli
  ,
  Natan
  ,
  Naftali
• Theme: God