Abramowicz

Abramowicz, Abramovich, Abramowitz, and Abramovitz are variant spellings of a name meaning "son of Abraham" among Slavic language speaking peoples; it is a common surname amongst Ashkenazi Jews,^[1][2] for whom it is commonly Hebraized to Ben-Avraham (בן-אברהם) upon immigration to Israel. It was also one of the many surnames of which were historically given by the returning Crusaders to their children, in recognition of their father's visit to the Middle East.^{[citation needed]}

The surname Abramovich is not related to the Christian surname Abramović.^{[citation needed]}

Some people with these names include:

Abramowicz (Polish)

• Lisa Abramowicz, American television and radio host
• Michel Abramowicz (1950-), French cinematographer
• Danny Abramowicz (1945-), American football player
• Halina Abramowicz, Professor of Physics, Tel Aviv University and Max Planck Institute
• Kazimierz Abramowicz (1889–1936), Polish mathematician
• Manuel Abramowicz (born 1967), Belgian reporter
• Michał Abramowicz (1884–1965), Russian and Soviet geologist
• Hirsz Abramowicz (1881–1960), prominent Yiddish historian and writer^[3]
• Yehuda Meir Abramowicz, (1914–2007), Israeli rabbi and politician
• Andrzej Abramowicz (died 1763) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman.
• Tomasz Abramowicz (born 15 February 1979 in Ełk) is a Polish professional football player
• Witold Abramowicz, a Polish scientist

Abramovich (Russian: Абрамо́вич: surname — Абра́мович: patronymic)

• Alexander Abramovich (Alexander "Sasha" Argov; 1914–95), Russian-born Israeli composer
• Boris Abramovich Berezovsky^[4][5] (1946–2013) Russian business oligarch, government official and mathematician.
• Daniel Abramovich Chwolson, Russian Jewish Orientalist
• David Abramovich Dragunsky (1910–1992)
• Gavril Abramovich Ilizarov (1921–1992), Soviet physician
• Luis Abramovich (born 1962), Argentine footballer
• Mario Abramovich (1926–2014), Argentine musician
• Roman Abramovich (born 1966), Russian billionaire and former owner of Chelsea Football Club
• Semyon Abramovich Furman (1920–1978), Soviet chessmaster
• Vsevolod Abramovich (1890–1913), Russian aviator
• Yuri Abramovich (b. 1935), Soviet/Russian aircraft pilot and Hero of Russia
• Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin (1919–1984), mathematician
• Ary Abramovich Sternfeld (1905–1990), aerospace engineer
• David Abramovich Tyshler (1927–2014), Ukrainian/Soviet Olympic bronze medalist fencer

Abramovitch

• Raphael Abramovitch (1880–1963), Russian socialist

Abramovitz

• Max Abramovitz (1908–2004), American architect

• Moses Abramovitz (1912–2000), American economist and professor
• S. Y. Abramovitz aka Mendele Mocher Sforim (1836–1917), Jewish author from Belarus

Abramowitz

• Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz (1902–1995), American Hasidic rebbe
• Dov Ber Abramowitz (1860–1926), American Rabbi
• Pinchas Abramowitz, (1909–1986), Israeli artist
• Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958), American mathematician
• Sid Abramowitz (1960-), American football player
• Morton I. Abramowitz (born 1933), American diplomat
• Yosef Abramowitz (born 1964), Israeli businessman

See also

• Abramović

• Ibrahimović

References

1. Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva Auguste Horowitz (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. Hoboken, N.J: KTAV Publishing House. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2. OCLC 25093664. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
2. A Sourcebook for Genealogical Research: Resources Alphabetically by Type and Location, McFarland, 13 May 2004
3. Encyclopaedia Judaica, Volume 1, edited by Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (Granite Hill Publishers, 2007), page 324
4. Hoffman, David E. (2011). The oligarchs: wealth and power in the new Russia. PublicAffairs. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-61039-070-5., A Google preview
5. "Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky found dead in his bath". Daily Telegraph. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.