Name: Ephraim
Gender: Male
Usage: Ephraim, of biblical origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Ephraim are in general originating from Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ephraim is: Fruitful, Very fruitful.
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Numerology of the first name Ephraim: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Ephraim is ranked on the 5,774th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 51100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Ephraim has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Ephraim (also Efraim and Efraím) is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Efraim Allsalu (1929–2006), Estonian painter
- Efraim Amira, Israeli football player
- Ephraim Amu (1899–1995), Ghanaian composer
- Efraim R. Arazi (Efi Arazi; 1937–2013), Israeli businessman
- Ephraim Benton (born 1978), American actor
- Efraim Birnbaum (Effi Birnbaum; born 1954), Israeli basketball coach
- Ephraim Burr (1809–1894), American politician
- Efraím Cardozo (1877–1951), Paraguayan politician and historian
- Ephraim Chambers (1680–1740), English writer
- Ephraim Curzon (1883–?), English rugby league footballer
- Efraim Diveroli, American arms dealer
- Eifram Eitam (Effi Eitam; born 1952), Israeli politician
- Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
- Ephraim Evron (1920–1995), Israeli diplomat
- Efraim Gur (born 1955), Israeli politician
- Efraim Halevy (born 1934), Israeli lawyer and intelligence officer
- Ephraim Hart (1747–1825), American merchant
- Ephraim Holmes (1908–1997), American admiral
- Ephraim Jones (1750–1812), Canadian judge and politician
- Efraim Karsh (born 1953), Israeli historian
- 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
- Efraím Basílio Krevey (1928–2012), Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop in Brazil
- Ephraim Lewis (1968–1994), English singer-songwriter
- Ephraim Lipson (1888–1960), British economic historian
- Efraim Margolin, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist
- Ephraim McDowell (1771–1830), American physician
- Efraim Medina Reyes (born 1967), Colombian writer
- Ephraim Morse (1823–1906), American businessman
- Ephraim Oshry (1914–2003), Lithuanian-born American rabbi
- Efraim Racker (1913–1991), Austrian biochemist
- Efraím Rico (born 1967), Colombian cyclist
- Ephraim Salaam (born 1976), American football player
- Efraim Sevela (1928–2010), Russian writer, Soviet dissident
- Efraim Shalom (born 1934), Israeli politician
- Ephraim Shay (1839–1916), American inventor
- Ephraim Sidon (born 1946), Israeli author
- Ephraim Sklyansky (1892–1925), Russian revolutionary
- Efraim Sneh (born 1944), Israeli politician, physician and military commander
- Ephraim Sparrow, American academic
- Efraim Taburi (1900–1957), Israeli Zionist activist and politician
- Ephraim Williams (1715–1755), American soldier
- Efraim "Effi" Wizen (born 1956), Israeli computer animator and visual effects specialist
- Efraim Zuroff (born 1948), Israeli historian and Nazi hunter
Fictional characters:
- Ephraim Black, a character in the Twilight series
- Ephraim Brown, a character in the TV series Everwood played by Gregory Smith
- Ephraim Cabot, a character in Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill
- Ephraim Lapham, a character in Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
- Ephraim Tutt, a character in the novels of Arthur Train
- Ephraim Goodweather, a character in The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
Biblical: name of one of the sons of Joseph and of one of the tribes of Israel. The name probably means ‘fruitful’ in Hebrew; it is so explained in the Bible (Genesis 41: 52 ‘and the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction’). Unlike many Old Testament names, this was not particularly popular with the Puritans, and was used more in the 18th and 19th centuries than the 17th. It is still a common Jewish given name.
Derivatives: Spanish: Efraín. Russian: Yefrem. Yiddish: Evron, Froim.
Pet form: Jewish: Effie.
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