Ephraim

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Ephraim (1842–44) by Francesco Hayez

Ephraim is a male given name that goes back to the tradition of the biblical tribe Ephraim .

Origin and meaning

The name Ephraim ( Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם efrájim) comes from Hebrew and means "doubly fruitful". This is how the Bible refers to the younger son of the patriarch Joseph . Although common since the Reformation, the name never became popular in Germany and is very rare today.

name day

  • June 9th

variants

Further forms of names and spellings of Ephraim are Aephraim, Effrem, Efraim, Efraimo, Efraín , Efrajim, Efrem, Efren, Ephraem, Ephraimus, Ephrajim, Ephrayim, Ephram, Ephrem, Ephrem and Jefrem.

The feminine form is Ephraima.

Well-known namesake

First name

- as a further first name:

Ephraim:

  • Erik Adolf Efraim Abrahamsson (1898-1965), Swedish long jumper and ice hockey player, see Erik Abrahamsson
  • Ernst Robert Efraim Fast (1881–1959), Swedish athlete and medalist at the Olympic Games, see Ernst Fast
  • Frank Efraim Martinus , pseudonym of Frank Martinus Arion (1936–2015), Dutch writer, poet and linguist
  • Kelly Efraim Johannes Berthelsen (* 1967), Greenlandic politician (Inuit Ataqatigiit), writer, poet and translator, see Kelly Berthelsen
  • Tor Julius Efraim Andræ (1885–1947), Swedish historian of religion and Lutheran bishop of Linköping, see Tor Andræ

Efraím:

  • Efraím Basílio Krevey (1928–2012), Brazilian religious and theologian and bishop of the Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba

Efraín:

  • see name bearer in the article Efraín

Efraïn:

  • Efraïn Jonckheer (1917–1987), politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, Dutch diplomat

Efrem:

  • Frederic Efrem Rich (1898–1956), American pianist, composer and big band leader in the field of swing and popular music, see Freddie Rich

Efren:

Ephraïm:

  • Ephraïm Gideon Nathan Beks (* 1988), Dutch musician with the Lexington Bridge band

Ephraïm:

Ephram:

  • Ephram Edward Benguiat (* 1927), American calligrapher, graphic designer and type designer, see Ed Benguiat
  • Cory Ephram Joseph (born 1991), Canadian basketball player, see Cory Joseph

Ephrem:

  • Ephraem the Syrians (≈306–373), Syrian saint, writer and doctor of the church

Ephrem:

  • Ephrem I (fl. 1030 – around 1065), Russian Orthodox bishop
  • Ephrem M'Bom (* 1954), Cameroonian football player
  • Ephrem Mekonnen (* 2001), Ethiopian sprinter
  • Ephrem van der Meulen (1801–1884), German priest, headmaster, Cistercian, abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Œlenberg
  • Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor (* 1951), Syrian Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Baghdad, see Yousif Abba
  • Ephrem Nariculam (* 1960), Indian clergyman, Bishop of Chanda

Jefrem:

Yeprem:

  • Yeprem Khan (1868–1912), Armenian revolutionary leader and Iranian national hero

family name

Fictional characters

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elke Gerr: The large first name book. Humboldt-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-581-66505-X.
  2. ^ Günther Drosdowski : Lexicon of first names. Origin, meaning and use of several thousand first names. 2nd Edition. Biographisches Institut, Mannheim - Vienna - Zurich 1974, ISBN 3-411-01333-8 .