Ephraim (also Efraim) is a masculine given name of Hebrew and Aramaic origin, first used by the Israelite patriarch of that name. In the modern English language, it is typically pronounced /'i:f.rəm/. In Hebrew, the name means "fruitful, fertile and productive".
Alternative spellings include Ephrem, Efrem, Efreom, Ephraem, Efren, or Efrén.
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Ephraim
Ephraim the Syrian (c. 306–373), Syrian Christian theologian, writer, hymnographer, and saint
Ephraim of Antioch (died 545), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and saint
Ephrem Mtsire (died 1101), also known as Ephraim the Lesser, Georgian Orthodox monk and saint
Ephraim the Neomartyr (1384–1426), Greek Orthodox martyr and saint
Ephraim Amu (1899–1995), Ghanaian composer
Ephraim Anderson (1911–2006), British bacteriologist
Ephraim Wales Bull (1806-1895), creator of the Concord grape
Ephraim Willard Burr (1809–1894), American politician
Ephraim Chambers (1680–1740), English writer
Ephraim Clarke (1846–1921), Australian politician
Ephraim Curzon (1883–?), English rugby league footballer
Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
Ephraim Emerton (1851–1935), American medievalist historian
Ephraim Evron (1920–1995), Israeli diplomat
Ephraim S. Fisher (1815–1876), American judge
Ephie Fitzgerald (born 1961), Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
Ephraim Grizzard (died 1892), American lynching victim
Ephraim Hanson (1872–1952), justice of the Utah Supreme Court
Ephraim Hart (1747–1825), American merchant
Ephraim P. Holmes (1908–1997), American admiral
Ephraim Jones (1750–1812), Canadian judge and politician
Ephraim Katz (1932–1992), Israeli-born American film historian
Ephraim Katzir (1916–2009), Israeli politician
Ephraim Keyser (1850–1937), American sculptor
Ephraim Kishon (1924–2005), Israeli writer
Ephraim Lederer (1862–1925), American lawyer
Ephraim Lewis (1968–1994), English singer-songwriter
Ephraim Lipson (1888–1960), British economic historian
Ephraim McDowell (1771–1830), American physician
Ephraim Morse (1823–1906), American businessman
Ephraim Oshry (1914–2003), Lithuanian-born American rabbi
Ephraim G. Peyton (1802–after 1876), American judge
Ephraim Salaam (born 1976), American football player
Ephraim Serrette (born 1957), Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
Ephraim Shay (1839–1916), American inventor
Ephraim Sidon (born 1946), Israeli author
Ephraim Sklyansky (1892–1925), Russian revolutionary
Ephraim M. Sparrow (1928–2019), American engineering professor
Ephraim Stern (1934–2018), Israeli archaeologist
Ephraim Titler (1800–?), Liberian politician
Ephraim Williams (1715–1755), American soldier
Ephraim King Wilson (1771–1834), American politician
Ephraim K. Wilson II (1821–1891), American politician
Ephraim O. Dikko (1930-2003), Nigerian humanitarian
Efraim
Efraim (footballer), Brazilian footballer Efraim Gomes Júnior (1942–2017)
Efraim Allsalu (1929–2006), Estonian painter
Efraim Amira, Israeli football player
Efi Arazi (1937–2013), Israeli businessman
Effi Birnbaum (born 1954), Israeli basketball coach
Efraím Cardozo (1877–1951), Paraguayan politician and historian
Efraim Diveroli, American arms dealer
Effi Eitam (born 1952), Israeli politician
Efraim Gur (born 1955), Israeli politician
Efraim Halevy (born 1934), Israeli lawyer and intelligence officer
Efraim Karsh (born 1953), Israeli historian
Efraim Leo (born 1997), Swedish singer and songwriter
Efraim Margolin, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist
Efraim Medina Reyes (born 1967), Colombian writer
Efraim Racker (1913–1991), Austrian biochemist
Efraím Rico (born 1967), Colombian cyclist
Efraim Sevela (1928–2010), Russian writer, Soviet dissident
Efraim Shalom (1934–2017), Israeli politician
Efraím
Efraím Basílio Krevey (1928–2012), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop in Brazil
Fictional characters
Ephraim Black, in the Twilight series
Ephraim Brown, in the TV series Everwood
Ephraim Cabot, in the play Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill, as well as a 1958 film adaptation
Ephraim Goodweather, in the 2009 horror novel The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
Ephraim Lapham, in the 1943 novel Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Ephraim Tutt, in the novels of Arthur Train
Prince Ephraim, one of the two main characters of the 2004 video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Ephraim Winslow, in the 2019 film The Lighthouse


