AbraÃO

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Portuguese form of ABRAHAM.

ABRAHAM   male   English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (hamon) "many, multitude". The biblical patriarch Abraham was originally named Abram but God changed his name (see Genesis 17:5). With his father Terah, he led his wife Sarah, his nephew Lot and their other followers from Ur into Canaan. He is regarded by Jews as being the founder of the Hebrews through his son Isaac and by Muslims as being the founder of the Arabs through his son Ishmael.

As an English Christian name, Abraham became common after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was the American president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), who pushed to abolish slavery and led the country through the Civil War.
ABRAM (1)   male   English, Biblical
Means "high father" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament God changed Abram's name to Abraham (see Genesis 17:5).
EQUIVALENTS
ARABIC: Ebrahim, Ibraheem, Ibrahim
BIBLICAL GREEK: Abraam
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Avraham
BIBLICAL LATIN: Abraham
BIBLICAL: Abraham
CHECHEN: Ibragim
DANISH: Abraham
DUTCH: Abraham
ENGLISH: Abraham
FINNISH: Aabraham
FRENCH: Abraham
GEORGIAN: Abraam, Abram
GERMAN: Abraham
HEBREW: Abraham, Avraham
HUNGARIAN: Ábrahám
INDONESIAN: Ibrahim
ITALIAN: Abramo
MALAY: Ibrahim
NORWEGIAN: Abraham
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Avraamu
OSSETIAN: Ibragim
PERSIAN: Ebrahim
RUSSIAN: Abram
SPANISH: Abraham
SWEDISH: Abraham
TURKISH: İbrahim
WESTERN AFRICAN: Ibrahima
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
BOSNIAN: Ibro
DUTCH: Braam, Bram
ENGLISH: Abe, Bram
FINNISH: Aapo
HEBREW: Avi
JEWISH: Abe
LIMBURGISH: Braam
OTHER FORMS
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Avram
BIBLICAL: Abram
ENGLISH: Abram
HEBREW: Avram
YIDDISH: Avrum