The baby name Abrao is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Portuguese: a-bra-ão (approx. ah-BRAH-ow); IPA: /ɐˈbɾɐ.ɐ̃w̃/.
Abrao is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Abrao is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Portuguese: a-bra-ão (approx. ah-BRAH-ow); IPA: /ɐˈbɾɐ.ɐ̃w̃/.
Abrao is Hebrew in Origin.
Abrao is the diacritic-free Portuguese form of Abrão, itself the Lusophone rendering of Hebrew Avram, meaning “exalted father” (from av, “father,” + ram, “high/exalted”). In the Hebrew Bible, Avram’s name is later changed to Avraham, “father of multitudes,” a shift that informs many later forms across languages. As a given name, Abrao thus carries the venerable patriarchal associations of Abram/Abraham.
Usage appears in Portuguese records, particularly among Sephardic Jews and converso families of the Iberian world, and persists in Brazil and other Lusophone communities, where loss of diacritics in documents yields the spelling Abrao. Related and variant forms include Abrão and Abraão (Pt.), Abram and Abraham (Eng./Sp.), Avram and Avraham (Heb.), Abraam (Gr.), and the cognate Ibrahim (Ar.). Diminutives or short forms encountered in various traditions include Bram and Abe; in Portuguese, Abraão/Abrao may also shorten informally to Abra.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AO | 0 | #75 | 3 | 2,729 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #246 | 4 | 5,568 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #380 | 2 | 7,951 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #711 | 41 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,168 | 11 | 25,619 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
Abrao is popular in 12 countries — most recent births per country:
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