Ephraim (given name)

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Ephraim (also Efraim) is a masculine given name of

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, Ephraem, Efren
, or Efrén).

People

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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