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Abramowicz

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Abramowicz, Abramovich, Abramowitz, and Abramovitz are variant spellings of a name meaning "son of Abraham" among Slavic language speaking peoples; it is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews,[1][2] for whom it is commonly Hebraized to Ben-Avraham (בן-אברהם) upon immigration to Israel.

A similar surname of peoples from the former Yugoslavia is Abramović.

Some people with these names include:

Abramowicz (Polish)

Abramovich (Russian: Абрамо́вич)

Abramovitch
Abramovitz
Abramowitz

References

  1. ^ Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva Auguste Horowitz (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. Hoboken, N.J: KTAV Publishing House. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2. OCLC 25093664.
  2. ^ A Sourcebook for Genealogical Research: Resources Alphabetically by Type and Location, McFarland, 13 May 2004
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, Volume 1, edited by Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (Granite Hill Publishers, 2007), page 324