Abramson, Abramovich, Abramowicz and Abramsky are variations of the same patronymic surnames (i.e., "son of Abram") that allude to the Biblical figure. The names are most prevalent among Jews, the first in the United States, the second from Russia, and the third from Poland. Other widely distributed surnames that are similarly derived include Abrahamson (or -sen), Abramoff, Abramov, Abramowitz (or -vitz), Abramski (or -sky), Abramowski (or -sky), Abramek, Abramian, Abrahamian, Avrami, and Ben-Avram. A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the name of ones father. ... A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ... Abraham (אַבְרָהָם Father/Leader of many, Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇrāhām; Arabic ابراهيم Ibrāhīm) is the patriarch of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. ... The Bible (From Greek βιβλια—biblia, meaning books, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) is the sacred scripture of Christianity. ...

A number of notable people have shared these last names, or a variation thereof.

Abramson

• Abraham Abramson, Prussian coiner
• Frederick B. Abramson, African-American lawyer and leader of the Washington, D.C. legal community
• Harold Alexander Abramson, American psychiatrist
• Herb Abramson, record company executive and producer
• Jerry E. Abramson, mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
• Jill Abramson, managing editor of the The New York Times
• Leonard Abramson, billionaire founder and former CEO of U.S. Healthcare
• Leslie Abramson, defense attorney for the Menendez brothers

Abraham Abramson (1752 or 1754, Potsdam - 28 July 1811, Berlin) was a Prussian coiner. ... Frederick B. Abramson, (born in New York, New York, 1935; died in Washington D.C., June 1, 1991), has a lengthy and distinguished career in the Washington D.C. legal community, including service as President of the District of Columbia Bar from June of 1985 to June of 1986. ... Harold Alexander Abramson (1899–1980) was a significant U.S. psychiatrist. ... Herb Abramson (1916-1999) was a record company executive and producer. ... Jerry Edwin Abramson (born September 12, 1946) is a Democratic Jewish American politician who is the longest serving Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky. ... Leonard Abramson (born 1932, Pennsylvania) was the founder and CEO of U.S. Healthcare, and has become a major philanthropist in the Philadelphia area. ... Leslie Abramson (born c. ...

Abramovich

• Roman Abramovich, Russian billionaire
• Vsevolod Mikhailovich Abramovich, Russian aviator

Roman Abramovich. ... Vsevolod Mikhailovich Abramovich (Russian: Всеволод Михайлович Абрамович) (August 11, 1890-April 24, 1913) was a Russian pioneer aviator. ... It has been suggested that Pilot (spaceflight) be merged into this article or section. ...

Abrahamson

• Shirley Abrahamson, Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice

• James Alan Abrahamson Born 19 May 1933. Lt. General, USAF, Director of the NASA Space Shuttle program, and Director of the former Strategic Defense Initiative. Astronaut selectee.

Shirley S. Abrahamson is the Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ... Wisconsin Supreme Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Abramoff/-ov

• A.K. Abramov (1836-1886), Russian Colonel known for storming the citidel of Samarkand in 1868.
• Fyodor Abramov, Russian writer, academic, and literary critic.
• Jack Abramoff, U.S. lobbyist and convicted criminal
• Sergey Abramov, Russian political figure

A. K. Abramov (1836-1886) was a Russian colonel. ... Colour photograph of a Madrasa taken in Samarkand ca. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Fyodor Aleksandrovich Abramov (February 29, 1920–May 14, 1983) was a Russian novelist and literary critic. ... Jack A. Abramoff (born February 28, 1958) is an American political lobbyist, a political activist and businessman who is a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Sergei Abramov with Ramzan Kadyrov. ...

Abramsky

• Chimen Abramsky, emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London.
• Jenny Abramsky, Director of BBC Radio and Music.
• Samson Abramsky, computer scientist
• Yehezkel Abramsky, a leading 20th Century rabbi.

Chimen Abramsky, born March 5, 1917, is emeritus Professor at University College London. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית or עברית, ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... Jewish studies also known as Judaic studies is a subject area of study available at many colleges and universities in the Western World. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... Jenny Abramsky is Director of BBC Radio and Music External link BBC Website Categories: Substubs | People stubs ... Founded in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd (a privately owned company), subsequently Incorporated and nationalised in 1927 as The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. ... Samson Abramsky (born 12 March 1953) is a computer scientist. ... Rabbi Yehezkel Abramsky, 1886-1976, was one of the Worlds most eminent rabbis of the 20th Century. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbÄ«;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbÄ«) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools (and among Sefaradim today) the sages...

Avrami

• M. Avrami, chemical engineer after whom the "Avrami Equation" is named.

See also

• Abrams

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