Abraham

原The Serbian form of this name is Avram.

原Old, odd, and too dated.

原I don't like this name. It sounds way too cheesy, stuffy, could easily be teased as "bra ham" or, "A bra" I picture an "Abraham" on one of those overly formal butlers or personal assistants, British accent included.

原Sounds like someone who thinks he's better than everybody.

原My Name is Abraham and it's pretty awesome.

原Among Syrian Christians of Kerala, India, the name Abraham has been used historically as Avira a short form of the Hebrew Avaraham. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Christian_names

原I like this name because it is international and multi-faith, plus it has the association with our nation's greatest president. I would use Abraham is a middle name.

原If a name has to be associated with someone, who better than Abraham Lincoln? What an incredible man.

原Abraham de Peyster was an American politician. He served as the mayor of New York City from 1691 to 1694.

原Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America.

原Abraham Bredius (1855-1946) was a Dutch art historian and collector.

原Abraham Bosse (1604-1676) was a French printmaker and writer on art.

原Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) was a Dutch historical and landscape painter.

原Abraham van Beyeren (1620-1690) was a Dutch painter.

原Well, it's steeped with history, and we all love Lincoln, but honestly I cannot picture it being used in the modern world.

原I love the name Abraham. Yes, it may sound ancient to modern ears but what is old eventually becomes new again. "Old people names" have been coming back for some time now. I would totally use this name for a son, I love the Biblical reference. He could go by Abram if he ends up being shy about having a different kind of name, or if kids tease him about having a ham bra. I could see Abraham being one of those names that someone grows into and everyone eventually loves if they don't at first.

原I quite like the sound of this name, but in Dutch an Abraham is a 50 year old man, so I wouldn't ever use it.

原The Dutch pronunciation for Abraham is: AH-brah-hahm. [noted -ed]

原A great, underused name with a lot of Old Testament charm. It deserves to be more widely used.

原This is a Polish version, too.

原A famous bearer is Abraham van Helsing, one of the protagonists of Bram Stoker's "Dracula."

原Why does this name sound so damn Mormon to me? I swear, I can just see an Abraham surrounded by hordes of wives and children. It sickens me. Though I do admire Lincoln for his work. The biblical character, however, I do not know, as his existence has not been scientifically proven.

原I think it's a very pretty name.

原Because of Lincoln, this name doesn't sound overly Biblical, but it's very old-fashioned and a but pompous regardless. Even the nickname Abe sounds old-fashioned. Sometimes names do become popular after decades of, how should I put this, stagnation, but I doubt this is one of those names, so it might sound a bit pretentious on a kid today.

原Abraham (this spelling) is also used in Catalan, Croatian, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Polish and Spanish.

原Abraham Ortelius was a 16th century scientific geographer, recognized today as the creator of the first modern atlas.

原I remember the man who loved God so much, he was willing to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Both are manly, amazing, underused in my area, names.

原Abraham Olano Manzano (born on January 22, 1970 in Anoeta, Spain) is a former professional cyclist from Spain. He gained limited fame in 1995 when he became World Road Champion and in 1998 he won the World Time Trial Championship. An under-achieving stage racer, Olano was only able to place third in the Giro d'Italia in 1996 and second in 2001, even though he won a depleted Vuelta a España in 1998. He also won some other smaller stage races. In November 2006 he ran the San Sebastian marathon in a time of 2:39:19.

原Avram Noam Chomsky (Hebrew :אברם נועם חומסקי Yiddish: אברם נועם כאמסקי) (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, and a prolific author and lecturer. He is the Institute Professor and Professor of linguistics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chomsky is credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to be one of the most significant contributions to the field of linguistics made in the 20th century. He also helped spark the cognitive revolution in psychology through his review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior, in which he challenged the behaviorist approach to the study of behavior and language dominant in the 1950s.

原Another famous bearer of this name is Abraham (Bram) Stoker, the guy who wrote "Dracula".

原This name is underused and it would be cool if was used more. I don't think I'll call my son this, but it is still a cool name. I really like the nickname "Abe".

原I like this name, but would never name anybody this. Good pet name.

原Though this name makes me think of Abraham Lincoln, I still kind of like it. I like the nicknames Abe and Bram for it.

原Abraham Simpson AKA Grampa is Homer's dad on The Simpsons.

原This name makes me think of tall, skinny, theater-going men that wear stovepipe hats and get shot in the head.

原The first occurence known of the name Abraham is Ab-ra-mu, and was found on clay tablets in cuneiform writings at the Ebla site, an important city of ancient Syria, in around 2500 B.C. Other biblical names were also common at that time such as E-sa-um ( = Esau ), Ish-ma-ilu ( = Ishmael), Is-ra-ilu ( = Israel), Da-'u'dum ( = David) and Sa-'u-lum ( = Saul).More can be found at:http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/thera/canaan.html .

原2 famous bearers of the name are Abraham Lincon, and Abraham, the biblical character.

原Abraham = Ab Rahab ? (of the sea?)

原The original Hebrew version of Abraham was Avraham.