BRAMI Origin of surname
BRAMI, BRAHMI
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic, derived from a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin.
Brami is derived from the biblical male personal name Avraham. The suffix "-i" means "son of" in Hebrew. the biblical name-etymology of Avraham is "father of many nations (Genesis 17,5). Both Avram and Avraham have produced numerous family names. Due to the interchangeability of the consonants "b", "f" and "v", the first syllable, "av", which is the common Semitic term for "father", often becomes "ab", resulting in Abram, Abraham and similar variants. The second "a" is frequently pronounced "o", leading to forms like Abrom and Afrom, subsequently abbreviated to From/Frum. Braham, the second part of Abraham, also became the basis of many Jewish family names. In some cases Brami is a Hebrew acronym of Ben Rabbi Moshe/Menachem/Manasse ("son of rabbi Moshe/Menachem/Manasse"). In the 19th century, Brami is recorded as a Jewish family name on a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated April 15, 1870, of Guemara, daughter of Joseph Brami, and her husband Abraham, son of Solomon HaCohen.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic, derived from a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin.
Brami is derived from the biblical male personal name Avraham. The suffix "-i" means "son of" in Hebrew. the biblical name-etymology of Avraham is "father of many nations (Genesis 17,5). Both Avram and Avraham have produced numerous family names. Due to the interchangeability of the consonants "b", "f" and "v", the first syllable, "av", which is the common Semitic term for "father", often becomes "ab", resulting in Abram, Abraham and similar variants. The second "a" is frequently pronounced "o", leading to forms like Abrom and Afrom, subsequently abbreviated to From/Frum. Braham, the second part of Abraham, also became the basis of many Jewish family names. In some cases Brami is a Hebrew acronym of Ben Rabbi Moshe/Menachem/Manasse ("son of rabbi Moshe/Menachem/Manasse"). In the 19th century, Brami is recorded as a Jewish family name on a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated April 15, 1870, of Guemara, daughter of Joseph Brami, and her husband Abraham, son of Solomon HaCohen.