Efrem
A Hebrew name meaning "fruitful", close to the variant Efraim. Only about 37 men in Poland carry it, so most people here will never meet one.
Efrem Pronunciation
Efrem is pronounced EF-rem (/ˈɛfrɛm/).
What Efrem means
Where Efrem comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Efrem comes from Hebrew, from the older name Ephraim. The Book of Genesis links it to a verb for bearing fruit. Joseph names his second son this way and reads it as a sign that God made him fruitful in a land of hardship (Genesis 41:52). The short meaning holds to that root. Fruitful, płodny in Polish.
The variant Efraim keeps the fuller shape. In Polish records both forms turn up for the same men across the centuries. Efrem is the trimmed version, easier to say and quicker to write on a form at the urząd.
One bearer fixed the name in Christian memory. Ephrem the Syrian was a fourth-century deacon and hymn-writer, honoured as a Doctor of the Church. His feast falls on 9 June, and that date gives Efrem its imieniny. A boy called Efrem in a Polish class register shares his day with that Syrian poet. The register still reads Efrem, and behind it sits the Hebrew word for fruitful.
When Efrem celebrates name day
Efrem appears 4 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 7 March.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Efrem
1 in 576924 men in Poland is named Efrem. 37 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6452 among male names.
Efrem's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Efrem as a middle name
Efrem is a first name for 37 men in Poland and a middle name for another 22, a 63/37 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1852nd, between Efrain (22) and Faris (22).
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#1850 Derrick22
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#1851 Efrain22
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#1852 Efrem22
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#1853 Faris22
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#1854 Fidel22