Meaning:
Its source is Avraham, a Hebrew name meaning "Father of nations."
Languages:
This boy's name is used in English, Spanish, Hungarian and Polish.
Nicknames: Abe, Abie, Brahm, Bram and Ab
Variant Forms: Aberham and Abrams
Non-English Forms: Abramo and Ebrahim
Popularity:
The name Abraham ranked 205th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 347th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Associations:
''Before Abe'' is an African-American slang term referring to the time before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
A ''brown Abe'' is a penny.
An ''Abe'' or ''Abraham Lincoln'' is a slang term for a U.S. five-dollar bill.
An ''honest Abe'' is a very honest person. This refers to Abraham Lincoln's supposedly unimpeachable honesty.