Avraham
A Hebrew name meaning "father of a multitude." Fewer than 200 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one, and it hasn't reached the birth register in years.
Avraham Pronunciation
What Avraham means
Where Avraham comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Avraham is a Hebrew name, and its meaning is written into the passage that first grants it. In Genesis 17:5 God renames the patriarch Abram as Avraham, reading the new form as av hamon goyim, father of a multitude of nations. That gloss is the sense the name still holds: father of a multitude.
In Jewish tradition he is Avraham Avinu, Abraham our father, first of the three patriarchs. For that reason the name has stayed in steady use among Jewish families across many centuries. A boy who receives it joins a very old line.
The Hebrew form stands on its own. It takes no Polish diminutive and no cross-gender variant. On a class register in Poland it would sit in full, Avraham, next to a row of Kacpers and Antonis, its four syllables spelling out father of a multitude.
How many people are named Avraham
1 in 112943 men in Poland is named Avraham. 189 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2299 among male names.
Avraham as a middle name
Avraham is a first name for 189 men in Poland and a middle name for another 128, a 60/40 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 618th, between Ragnar (130) and Darius (128).
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#616 Nestor130
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#617 Ragnar130
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#618 Avraham128
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#619 Darius128
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#620 Deniz126