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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Abraham m. Hebrew אַבְרָהָם 'father of a multitude'.

The name of one of the Biblical patriarchs, a 4th C martyr, two 4th C Coptic saints, a 5th C French saint, a 5th C Syrian saint, two 5th C Armenian martyrs, a 6th C Syrian saint, a 6th C Persian saint, a 13th C Bulgarian saint, and a 13th C Russian saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Abraham. Geneva Bible (1560): Abrahám.

The name was uncommon in England before the 16th C. For more information see Withycombe, s.n. Abraham

England
Early Modern English
1563 Abraham StAnthonlin p. 15; 1567 Abraham ibid. p. 19; 1573 Abraham ibid. p. 23; 1575/6 Abraham BEmar-vol1 p. 10; 1579 Abraham OrpingtonKe p. 5; 1581 Abraham DEmar-vol2 p. 6; 1584 Abraham ibid. p. 10; 1588 Abraham bruton-vol1 p. 8; 1589 Abraham HAmar-vol9 p. 50; 1590 Abraham DEmar-vol2 p. 21; 1594 Abraham ibid. p. 28; 1598 Abraham BEmar-vol1 p. 17; 1599 Abraham DEmar-vol2 p. 41
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
1582 Abraham (nom) Audén1980 p. 171
France
Latin
c823 Abraham (nom) irminon-vol2 62; 1147 Abraham (abl) clairvaux-12thc 19; 1378 Abrahe (dat) hanquetvol1 445
Old French
1313 Abraham Paris1313 p. 48
Hungary
Latin
1302 Abrahe (gen) Slíz p. 12; 1306 Abrache (gen) ibid. p. 12; 1331 Abrae (gen) ibid. p. 12; 1332x37 Harbahe (gen) ibid. p. 13; 1342 Abrae (gen) ibid. p. 12
Hungarian
1320 Abraham Slíz p. 12; 1324 Abraham ibid. p. 12
1313 Abrank Slíz p. 13; 1334 Abych ibid. p. 13
Sweden
Early Modern Swedish
1543 Abraham (nom) Audén1980 p. 164
Cite as: G. Grim, R. Le Get, M. Slíz, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Abraham". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Abraham.