Ibrahim
From Hebrew, the Arabic form of Abraham, carrying the sense "father of multitude". Still rare in Poland, where most people have never met one, but it's given a little more each year, always to boys.
Ibrahim Pronunciation
Ibrahim is pronounced eeb-RAH-kheem (/ibˈraxim/).
What Ibrahim means
Where Ibrahim comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ibrahim comes from the Hebrew name Avraham, built on av, meaning father, and a second element read as a multitude of nations. Arabic took the name into its own sound as Ibrahim, and it is by that route that most people who carry it received it. The short meaning stays close to the old one: father of a multitude.
The Quran gives Ibrahim his own sura, the fourteenth, named for him. There he is the prophet who breaks with idols and is promised descendants beyond counting. That is a large promise. The same idea sits inside the Hebrew name from centuries before.
In Poland the name usually arrives with families whose roots reach toward the Arabic world. A teacher reading the class register might meet one Ibrahim among the Jakubs and Adams, and the name stays there without translation. It keeps its meaning plainly: ojciec narodów, father of nations.
How many people are named Ibrahim
1 in 25113 men in Poland is named Ibrahim. 850 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1025 among male names.
Ibrahim's popularity over time
9 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #735 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2006.
Where Ibrahim is most popular
Ibrahim is most popular in West Pomeranian, 304% above the national average (3 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+111%) and Masovian (+93%).
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West Pomeranian3 boys born+304%
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Greater Poland4 boys born+111%
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Masovian6 boys born+93%
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Łódź2 boys born+80%
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Lesser Poland2 boys born0%
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Silesian2 boys born0%
Ibrahim as a middle name
Ibrahim is a first name for 850 men in Poland and a middle name for another 337, a 72/28 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 381st, between Dobromir (337) and Wawrzyn (337).
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#379 Walery338
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#380 Dobromir337
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#381 Ibrahim337
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#382 Wawrzyn337
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#383 Makary336