Forename Ephraim

All around the world, Ephraim (Ephraim , אפרים , Ефраим , and others...) is a common primarily male, but very infrequently feminine given name. The forename Ephraim is habitual in Israel, where it is a common male name, South Africa, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Tanzania (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in Nigeria, South Africa, and Israel. Also, Ephraim is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Ephraim is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ephraim

name Efrem, name Ephrem, name Éphrem, name إفرايم, name Jefrem, name Ефрем, name אפרים, name Эфраин, name Эфраим, name Efraím, name Éphraïm, name Ефраим, name Efrayim, name Ephrayim, name Ephràim, name Ephraïm, name Ефраїм, name أفرايم, name Efraín, name افرايم, name Єфрем, name Охрім, name Éphraim, name אפרם, name Ephraim, name Efraim, name Епхраим, name Ephraîm

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Ephraim	Israel, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria
אפרים	Israel
Ефраим	Russia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria
Эфраим	Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan
إفرايم	Egypt

First names said to be same

Efraim, Efrayim, Efraím, Efraín, Efrem, Ephrayim, Ephraîm, Ephraïm, Ephrem, Ephràim, Jefrem, Éphraim, Éphraïm, Éphrem, Епхраим, Ефраїм, Ефрем, Охрім, Эфраин, Єфрем, אפרם, أفرايم, and افرايم

First name Ephraim in the context

Ephraim is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ephraim , the son of Joseph, Genesis 41; Ephraim Lapham , the fictional character from Johnny Tremain; Ephraim , the operatic character in the opera Judith (Matthus); Ephraim , the operatic character in the opera Das Höllisch Gold and Ephraim Cabot , the theatrical character in the play "Desire Under the Elms", among other works.

Notable namesakes

	ephraim of antioch Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, TR (b. 401)
	ephraim of pereyaslavl Eastern Orthodox saint (b. 1050)
	ephraim of bonn British writer (b. 1132)
	ephraim alnaqua Physician, rabbi and writer, ES (b. 1359)
	ephraim of nea makri controversial Christian saint (b. 1384)
	ephraim pagit English clergyman and heresiographer, GB (b. 1575)
	ephraim udall English Royalist divine (b. 1587)
	ephraim gerhard German jurist and historian of philosophy, PL (b. 1682)
	ephraim doane (1642-1700) (b. 1641)
	ephraim colton 9 Apr 1648 Longmeadow, MA - 14 May 1713 Enfield, Connecticut (b. 1648)
	ephraim tinkham (5 Aug 1649 - 13 Oct 1714) (b. 1649)
	ephraim curtis (b. 1642)
	ephraim hildreth (1653-1731) (b. 1653)
	ephraim garthwaite (b. 1648)
	ephraim hawley (1659-1690) (b. 1659)