AVRAM Origin of surname
AVRAM
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 surname based on a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin. Avram/Abram was the original name of Abraham. Abraham was the first patriarch of the people of Israel, the husband of Sarai/Sarah, and the father of Isaac (Genesis 11.26-25.10). According to biblical etymology, the meaning of his name is "father of a multitude [of nations]". Both Abram and Abraham have produced numerous family names. Due to the interchangeability of the consonants "b", "f" and "v", the first syllable, "Ab", which is the common Semitic term for "father", often becomes "Av", resulting in Avram, Avraham 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 the 20th century Avram is recorded as a Jewish surname with the Romanian World War I soldiers Herscu, I. and Jenica Avram, and with Rolf Avram, who perished in the German death camp at Auschwitz during World War II.
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 surname based on a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin. Avram/Abram was the original name of Abraham. Abraham was the first patriarch of the people of Israel, the husband of Sarai/Sarah, and the father of Isaac (Genesis 11.26-25.10). According to biblical etymology, the meaning of his name is "father of a multitude [of nations]". Both Abram and Abraham have produced numerous family names. Due to the interchangeability of the consonants "b", "f" and "v", the first syllable, "Ab", which is the common Semitic term for "father", often becomes "Av", resulting in Avram, Avraham 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 the 20th century Avram is recorded as a Jewish surname with the Romanian World War I soldiers Herscu, I. and Jenica Avram, and with Rolf Avram, who perished in the German death camp at Auschwitz during World War II.