Avrom
Avrom is a variant form of the masculine given name Abram. Notable people with the name include:Avrom Ber Gotlober (1811–1899), Jewish writer, poet, playwright, historian, journalist, and educator Avrom Isaacs, CM (1926–2016), Canadian art dealer Avrom Stencl (1897–1983), Yiddish poet Avrom Yanovsky (1911–1979), Canadian editorial cartoonist
Meaning & Origin of Avrom
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Avrom is a variant form of the masculine given name Abram. Notable people with the name include:Avrom Ber Gotlober (1811–1899), Jewish writer, poet, playwright, historian, journalist, and educator Avrom Isaacs, CM (1926–2016), Canadian art dealer Avrom Stencl (1897–1983), Yiddish poet Avrom Yanovsky (1911–1979), Canadian editorial cartoonist
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The Story of Avrom
Avrom first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1928, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1928: 7 births, good for #3,357 nationwide. About 36% of every Avrom on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Avrom last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 64 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Avrom
Avrom is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1928 and has accumulated 64 births in the dataset. Avrom's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #3,357. Use the chart and map above to compare Avrom's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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