Names like Edom

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Efrem

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim, “Ephraim”, literally “fruitful”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

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Ephraim

From Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim, “Ephraim”, literally “fruitful”), via Latin. Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

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Joakim

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹיָקִים (yəhôyâqîm, literally “raised by Jahweh”), probably via Swedish Joakim.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

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Maryam

Inherited from Malay Maryam, from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam), from Aramaic מרים (maryam). Doublet of Maria. From Aramaic and post-Biblical Hebrew מרים (Maryam), from Biblical…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

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Mirjam

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם. From Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryam). Compare Maria from the Aramaic cognate (Aramaic מרים (Maryām)).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

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Edhem

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ادهم (Edhem), from Arabic أَدْهَم (ʔadham).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

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