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Ebrahim - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ebrahim

[ syll. e-bra-him, eb-rah-im ] The boy name Ebrahim is pronounced as IYBRaaHHIYM KEY. Ebrahim is used chiefly in the Arabic and Iranian languages. Its origin is Hebrew. Ebrahim is a variant of the name Abraham (Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew).

Ebrahim is not regularly used as a baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly linked to Ebrahim, Abraham (Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Ebrahim include Ibraheem (Arabic and Indian), Ibrahim (Arabic, Spanish, and Turkish), and Ephraim (English, German, and Hebrew).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Ebrahim: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"


 
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