name
Abreham
ab-reh-HAM
/ɑːbrɛˈhɑːm/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
abreham
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Amharic/Ge'ez (Ethiopia)
- Meaning
- Father of many nations; Ethiopian form of Abraham
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Abriham, Abraham-Eth
Common mispronunciations
Saying AY-breh-ham using the English Abraham vowel; the Amharic version uses a short /ɑː/ in the first syllable
Pronunciation tips
Three syllables; stress the third; the Ge'ez transliteration of the biblical patriarch Abraham; central in Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and Ethiopian Jewish (Beta Israel) tradition
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