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Efren - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Efren

[ syll. e-fren, ef-r-en ] The boy name Efren is pronounced as ahFRahN KEY. Efren is primarily used in English and Spanish. It is of Hebrew origin. Efren is a form of the English, German, and Hebrew name Ephraim.

Efren is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 2001 with 0.009% of baby boys being named Efren. It had a ranking of #841 then. The baby name has experienced a fall in frequency since then, and is now of irregular use. Among all boy names in its family, Efren was nevertheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Efren include the English, German, and Hebrew Efraim, the Spanish Efrain, the Spanish Efraín, the Spanish Abraam, the Portuguese and Spanish Abrahan, the Spanish Abrahán, the English, Hebrew, and Russian Abram, the English and Spanish Abran, the Albanian Afrim, the English Auburn, the Yiddish Avrum, the English and Hebrew Efrayim, the Basque Abarran, the English Aberham, the Italian and Spanish Abramo, the Albanian Afrimi, the English Auberon, the Hebrew Avraham, the Esperanto, Italian, and Spanish Abrahamo, and the Hebrew Aviram.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Efren: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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