Ephraim

Ephraim (also Efraim and Efraím) is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, first used by the Israelite patriarch of that name. In the modern English language it is typically pronounced /'i:f.rəm/.
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 Clarke (1846–1921), Australian politician
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 Emerton (1851–1935), American medievalist historian
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
Prince Ephraim, one of the two main characters of the video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

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Masc. personal name, in Old Testament the younger son of Joseph, also the name of the tribe descended from him, and sometimes used figuratively for "Kingdom of Israel;" Greek form of Hebrew Ephrayim, a derivative of parah "was fruitful" (related to Aramaic pera "fruit").

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From Efrayim: fruitful.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Molly Ephraim	1986	Actress
2	Ephraim McDowell	1771	American physician
3	Ephraim		Biblical character
4	Ephraim Katzir	1916	Israeli scientist, 4th president of Israel
5	Ephraim Chambers	1680	English writer and encyclopaedist
6	Ephraim Mirvis	1956	South African rabbi
7	Ephraim Sykes	1985
8	Ephraim Kishon	1924	Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter and film director
9	Hogan Ephraim	1988	English footballer
10	Ephraim Mashaba	1950	Association footballer
11	Ephraim Salaam	1976	American football player
12	Ephraim Ellis	1985	Canadian actor
13	Ephraim Hanks	1826	American Mormon leader
14	Ephraim Lewis	1968	Singer-songwriter
15	Ephraim Moses Lilien	1874	Israeli artist
16	Ephraim Isaac	1936	American scholar
17	Ephraim Amu	1899	Musicologist, composer and teacher.
18	Ephraim Owens	1972	American musician
19	Ephraim Shay	1839	American railroad engineer
20	Ephraim Avigdor Speiser	1902	American archaeologist
21	Ephraim Oshry	1914	American rabbi
22	Ephraim Engleman	1911	American rheumatologist
23	Ephraim of Nea Makri	1384	Controversial Christian saint
24	Ephraim Morse	1823	American businessman
25	Ephraim Katz	1932	American journalist
26	Ephraim Hertzano		Romanian board game designer
27	Ephraim Wales Bull	1806	American politician
28	Ephraim Longworth	1887	English footballer
29	Ephraim H. Foster	1794	American politician
30	Ephraim Kholmyansky	1950	Sionist activist
31	Ephraim Francis Baldwin	1837	American architect
32	Ephraim P. Holmes	1908	United States admiral
33	Ephraim Bateman	1780	American politician
34	Alonzo Ephraim	1981	American football player
35	Ephraim of Antioch		Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
36	Ephraim Emerton	1851	American educator, author, translator, and historian
37	Ephraim ibn al-Za'faran		Egyptian physician
38	Ephraim Akpata	1927	Nigerian lawyer
39	Ephraim F. Morgan	1869	American politicianAmerican politician
40	Ephraim Kamuntu	1945	Ugandan politician
41	Ephraim Urbach	1912	Israeli Judaism scholar
42	Ephraim Bee	1802	American politician
43	Ephraim Stern	1934	Archaeologist
44	Ephraim M. Sparrow		Professor of Engineering
45	Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar	1739	Baron of the Holy Roman Empire
46	Ephraim King Wilson II	1821	American politician
47	Ephraim London	1911	American lawyer
48	Ephraim Douglass Adams	1865	Educator
49	Ephraim Carlebach	1879	German rabbi
50	Ephraim R. Eckley	1811	Union Army officer and Congressman
51	Ephraim Buchwald		Rabbi
52	Ephraim Sklyansky	1892	Soviet politician
53	Ephraim Maina		Kenyan politician
54	Ephraim Cutler	1767	American politician
55	Ephraim Ademowo	1948	Bishop of Lagos; Dean, Church of Nigeria; Archbishop of Lagos; Bishop of Ilesa; Nigerian Anglican bishop
56	Ephraim Willard Burr	1809	American mayor
57	Ephraim Einhorn	1918	Rabbi
58	Ephraim Jones	1750	Canadian politician
59	Ephraim Keyser	1850	United States sculptor
60	Ephraim Evron	1920	Israeli diplomat
61	Ephraim Fajutagana
62	Ephraim Blaine	1741	Continental Army office and ember of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
63	Ephraim Chiume	1953	Mganda
64	Ephraim K. Smart	1813	American politician
65	Ephraim Kingsbury Avery	1799	American Methodist minister
66	Ephraim Deinard	1846	Hebrew bookman
67	Ephraim Sturdivant	1782	American veteran
68	Ephraim Henry Pavie	1947	French-Israeli Architect
69	Ephraim Kanarfogel	1955	American rabbi and historian
70	Ephraim Padwa		British Orthodox rabbi
71	Ephraim Taukafa	1976	Tongan rugby union player
72	Ephraim Leister Acker	1827	American politician
73	Ephraim Webster	1762	American pioneer
74	Ephraim King Wilson	1771	American politician
75	Ephraim Alnaqua	1359	Physician, rabbi and writer
76	Ephraim Curzon	1883	English rugby league player
77	Ephraim Kirby-Smith	1884	American football player
78	Ephraim Tjihonge	1986	Footballer
79	Ephraim of Pereyaslavl		Eastern Orthodox saint
80	Ephraim Graham	1888	Equestrian
81	Ephraim Beaumont
82	Ephraim Lipson	1888	British historian
83	Ephraim Anderson	1911	British bacteriologist
84	Ephraim Paine	1730	American politician
85	Ephraim Kirby	1757	American judge
86	Ephraim Hart	1774	American politician
87	Ephraim II of Georgia	1896	Eastern Orthodox Patriarch
88	Veitel-Heine Ephraim	1703	German forger
89	Ephraim Sidon	1946	Israeli writer
90	Ephraim McLean Brank	1791	American militiaman
91	Ephraim Heller		American inventor
92	Ephraim Serrete	1957	Track and field athlete
93	Ephraim Sturtevant	1803
94	Ephraim Alex	1800	Businessman and philanthropist
95	Ephraim Avea Nsoh
96	Ephraim of Bonn	1132	British writer
97	Ephraim Lockwood	1845	English county cricketer
98	Ephraim Pagit	1575	English clergyman and heresiographer
99	Ephraim H. Hyde	1812	American politician
100	Ephraim B. Hall	1822	American lawyer
101	Ephraim Peabody	1807	American clergyman
102	Ephraim Curtis	1642
103	Ephraim Smith	1819
104	Ephraim Ståhl	1768
105	Ephraim John Burford	1905	British historian
106	Ephraim Kibbey	1756	United States soldier in the American Revolution, a frontiersman and early settler of Ohio
107	Moses Ephraim Kuh	1731	Actor
108	Ephraim M. Wright		American politician
109	Ephraim R. McLean		American business theorist
110	Ephraim Seehl		German chemist
111	Ephraim Salomon Unger	1789	German mathematician
112	Ephraim Zalman Margolis	1762	Galician rabbi from Brody
113	Ephraim J. Reel		American politician
114	Ephraim Ruebush	1833	American musician
115	Ephraim Thompson
116	Ephraim Joseph Hirschfeld	1758
117	Ephraim Downs	1787	American clockmaker
118	Ephraim S. Williams	1802	American mayor
119	Ephraim Porter Felt	1868	American entomologist
120	Benjamin Veitel Ephraim	1742	German diplomat and entrepreneur
121	Jacob ben Ephraim		Polish rabbi
122	Ephraim Obot	1936	Nigerian Roman Catholic bishop
123	Ephraim Georges
124	Ephraim Kapolo	1924
125	Ephraim Colclough	1875	English footballer
126	Ephraim Kalsakau		Vanuatuan politician
127	Ephraim Epstein	1876	American rabbi
128	Ephraim Bell Muttart	1839	Canadian politician
129	Ephraim Adler	1855
130	Ephraim C. Dawes	1840	American military historian
131	Efraim Hisquiahu Bueno	1599
132	Ephraim Blakeslee
133	Ephraim Goss	1806	American politician
134	Ephraim Fombi	1947	Cameroonian politician
135	Ephraim W. Harrington	1833
136	Ephraim Cutter	1832	American physician and inventor
137	Ephraim Zox	1837	Australian businessman
138	Moses Ephraim		Dutch banker
139	Ephraim Milton Woomer	1844	Union Army soldier
140	Ephraim W. Bouvé	1817	American artist
141	Ephraim Cohen-Reiss	1863	Educator
142	Ephraim Randrianovana
143	Ephraim Potter	1855	American architect
144	Ephraim Udall		English Royalist divine
145	Ephraim Fischbach	1942	American physicist
146	Ephraim Snow	1850	Early criminal fence and underworld figure in New York during the early-to mid 19th century; principal rival with Joe Erich during the 1850s and 60s.
147	Ephraim MacDowel Cosgrave	1853	Irish physician, antiquary and writer
148	Ephraim Dean	1734	Canadian politician
149	Ephraim Rosenstein	1940	German editor and film director
150	Ephraim Wolfgang Glasewald	1753	German architect
151	Ephraim Oloff	1685	German historian and theologian
152	Ephraim Cook	1803	Canadian politician
153	Ephraim Meyer	1779
154	Ephraim Knight	1786	Canadian politician
155	Ephraim George Sills	1836	Canadian politician
156	Ephraim Nwuzi
157	Ephraim Mokonyama	1977	South African cricketer
158	Max Ephraim	1898	German rabbi (1898-1942)
159	Ephraim Clarke	1846
160	Efraim Szreger	1727	Polish architect of German descent
161	Ephraim Williams	1877
162	Ephraim Laurence Palmer	1888	American science educator
163	Ephraim Oskar Taube	1829	German judge
164	Hilde Ephraim	1905
165	Ephraim Wolff Koritzinsky	1883	Norwegian surgeon
166	Ephraim Magdalus Møller	1819	Danish lawyer (1819-1895)
167	Ephraim Levin	1896	Swedish athletics competitor
168	Ephraim S. Claybourn	1851
169	Ephraim Jæger	1737	Norwegian priest
170	Ephraim Weston Clark	1799
171	Ephraim Nehemia Madeje		Tanzanian politician
172	Osterlamm Ephraim
173	Ephraim Zehavi
174	Ephraim Lesle		Norwegian priest
175	Ephraim Paddock
176	Ephraim T. Apelis