Ephraim (given name)

Ephraim (also Efraim and Efraím) 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".

Notable people with the name include:

• Saint Ephraim of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (d. 545)
• 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
• 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
• Ephraim Grizzard (d. 1892), American lynching victim
• 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.
• Ephraim Winslow, a character in The Lighthouse