Ephrem (name)
Ephrem is a masculine given name, a variant spelling of Ephraim (also spelled Efrem, Ephraem). It is the name of biblical Ephraim, a son of Joseph and ancestor of the Tribe of Ephraim.
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People
Pre-Modern
- Saint Ephrem, one of the Hieromartyrs of Cherson (died c. 310)
- Saint Ephrem the Syrian (306–373)
- Ephrem Mtsire, Georgian monk (died 1101)
Modern
- Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1887–1957)
- Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1848–1929)
- Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (born 1965)
- Efrem Forni, Italian Cardinal (1889–1976)
- Efrem Hill, American football player (born 1983)
- Efrem Kurtz, Russian conductor (1900–1995)
- Ephrem M'Bom, Cameroonian football player (born 1954)
- Efrem Schulz, American musician (born 1975)
- Efrem Zimbalist, Russian-born American violinist (1890–1985)
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (1918–2014)
Surname
- Georgios Efrem, Cypriot football player (b. 1989)
- Mérovée Ephrem, French figure skater (b. 1990)
- Sebhat Ephrem, Eritrean general and politician (b. 1951)
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