The name Abraham means "father of many nations" or "father of a multitude" in Hebrew.
Famous bearers
In the Old Testament, Abraham was a founding patriarch of the Israelites and of the Arab people
in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition.
Bearers include Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598), a Belgian geographer and cartographer who created the first modern atlas;
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), the 16th President of the United States.
