Origin: Abraham from the Hebrew - from the great father of all nations, Accel.
Derivatives: Avramka, Avraham, Avrasha; Abramkov Abraha, Abrash.
Name-: February 17, March 19, April 14, August 2, September 3, November 11.
Middle: Avraamovich, Avraamovna.
Character: This is the name suggests two extreme opposites: either firmness and perseverance, or softness and pliability. This duality sometimes leads to that named Abraham prefers to wear other more neutral name: for example, Alexander Alexei. This is somewhat reminiscent of Abraham, who also had to find workarounds to get out of the complex, sometimes dramatic situation.
name in history: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States of America, the country's national hero. He went down in history as America's rights, the abolition of slavery. Leo Tolstoy said of him: "He was the one whom Beethoven was in music, in poetry of Dante, Raphael painting ...»
Before becoming a politician, he changed many professions: worked as a day laborer on neighboring farms, a lumberjack, a postal employee. Then he worked hard on self-education: studied law, mathematics and medicine, interested in the history and literature.
Abraham Lincoln advocated the extension of civil and political rights of the people. He was one of the organizers in 1854, the Republican Party, which opposed slavery in America. In 1860 he was elected president of the United States. Government Lincoln defeated slaveholders of the South during the Civil War of 1861-1865, and South and North united in a single state. Lincoln was re-elected for a new term as president. However, April 14, 1865 he was assassinated by an agent planters.
Abraham Lincoln remained in the memory of the American people a symbol of freedom.