High confidenceProphet name
إِبْرَاهِيم
Ibrāhīm
/ib-raa-HEEM/
Meaning
Father of many nations
Yorùbá Adaptation
Yorùbá form
Ibraheem
Ib-ra-hìm
Arabic origin
إِبْرَاهِيم
Ibrāhīm
The Arabic 'Ibrāhīm' (إِبْرَاهِيم) was adapted with a doubled 'ee' to represent the long vowel ī. This spelling is extremely common in Yorùbá Muslim communities and Nigerian official documents.
Islamic Context
Arabicised form of the Hebrew Avraham. Prophet Ibrāhīm is called Khalīlullāh (the Friend of God) in Islamic tradition.