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The boy’s name Abraham is of Hebrew origin, is a popular male first name and a very popular surname and its meaning is “father of a multitude (of nations)”. The Hebrew form is Avraham. Biblical: Abraham, celebrated for his great faith, was the ancestor-father of Israel and some of the Arabic peoples. He had a son named Isaac when he was 100 and his wife Sarah was 90. The name was used from the 16th century, and various early saints of the Eastern Roman Empire also bore this name. The name was popular while Abraham Lincoln was president and even after his assasination.

Abraham has 21 variant forms: Ab, Abarran, Abe, Aberham, Abey, Abie, Abrahamo, Abrahan, Abrahim, Abram, Abrami, Abramo, Abrams, Abran, Avi, Avram, Avrom, Brahm, Bram, Ebrahim and Ibrahim.

The name Aaron is predominantly a baby boy’s name. The name Aaron is Hebrew in origin. It’s original Hebrew meaning is: Lofty; exalted; high mountain. Biblically, Aaron was Moses’ older brother (and his brother’s keeper by God’s command). He was first high priest of the Israelites, remembered for the miraculous blossoming of his staff.

ADAM is Hebrew in origin. It is predominantly a boy’s name, and in Hebrew this is a generic word for ‘man’ not used as a name, but it is also associated with ‘adama’ (earth), from which God was supposed to have made the first humans. According to the Bible Adam and Eve were the first humans, and lived in the Garden of Eden until the original sin. St. Adam is the patron saint of gardeners. Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and author of the ‘Wealth of Nations’ - an early study on the development of industry and trade in Europe, which advocated free trade. He currently appears on the British £20 banknote.