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Help[Opinions] Re: Abram, Abraham, Avraham
in reply to a message by Murasaki
I like Abram best. It's snappy. I once knew an Abraham growing up. He was from Mexico and everyone made fun of his "old-man name".
Since Old Man Names are in, I'm surprised this name isn't becoming more popular actually. Maybe it's because, like you say, it seems a bit "cumbersome". Not nearly as portable as Hugo, Gus, or Jude.
Avraham is even more cumbersome than Abraham in my opinion. I think that V would freak people out. Like what the heck is that V doing to Abraham. It also looks a little pretentious somehow. I can totally see a child of two professors of Ancient Judaic Poetry having a son called Avraham. Sometimes the "proper" forms of some names strike me that way. As though the common English usage is far too "ignorant unwashed masses" for some people. But ask me tomorrow, I'll probbaly think Avraham is the bee's knees then :)
Since Old Man Names are in, I'm surprised this name isn't becoming more popular actually. Maybe it's because, like you say, it seems a bit "cumbersome". Not nearly as portable as Hugo, Gus, or Jude.
Avraham is even more cumbersome than Abraham in my opinion. I think that V would freak people out. Like what the heck is that V doing to Abraham. It also looks a little pretentious somehow. I can totally see a child of two professors of Ancient Judaic Poetry having a son called Avraham. Sometimes the "proper" forms of some names strike me that way. As though the common English usage is far too "ignorant unwashed masses" for some people. But ask me tomorrow, I'll probbaly think Avraham is the bee's knees then :)
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