Abrams is a surname related to Abrahams, Abram, Abrahm and Abraham. It developed independently in the Jewish diaspora, England, Germany and the Netherlands.^[1] The name and its variants have been found in England since the medieval era in the Domesday Book and Hundred Rolls.^[2] As of 2014, it is most commonly found in the United States.^[3] Notable people with the surname include:

• A. J. Abrams (born 1986), American basketball player
• Albert Abrams (1863–1924), American physician
• Aliyah Abrams (born 1997), Guyanese athletic sprinter
• Aruna Abrams (born 1975), American singer
• Austin Abrams (born 1996), American actor
• Cal Abrams (1924–1997), American baseball player
• Carol Ann Abrams (1942–2012), American television and film producer
• Charles Abrams (1901–1970), Polish-American lawyer
• CJ Abrams (born 2000), American baseball player
• Creighton Williams Abrams (1914–1974), American army officer
• Dan Abrams (born 1966), American television talk show host
• Delrick Abrams (born 1997), American football player
• Elliott Abrams (born 1948), American foreign policy official
• Elliot Abrams (meteorologist) (born 1947), American meteorologist
• Floyd Abrams (born 1936), American attorney
• Geoff Abrams (born 1978), American tennis player
• Gerald W. Abrams (born 1939), American television producer
• Gracie Abrams (born 1999), American singer-songwriter
• Harry N. Abrams, American book publisher
• Herbert Abrams (1921–2003), American painter
• Herbert L. Abrams (1920–2006), American doctor
• J. J. Abrams (born 1966), American producer
• James Atkinson Abrams (1844–1914), Canadian politician
• John Abrams (field hockey) (born 1934), New Zealand field hockey player
• John N. Abrams (1946–2018), American army officer
• Kevin Abrams (disambiguation), multiple people
• LeRoy Abrams (1874–1956), American botanist
• Link Abrams (born 1973), American-New Zealand basketball player
• Mark Abrams (1906–1994), English social scientist
• Melville E. Abrams (1912–1966), New York politician
• M. H. Abrams (1912–2015), American literary critic
• Mike Abrams (psychologist) (1953-), American Psychologist and author
• Morris Abrams (1908–1981), American inventor
• Richard Abrams (disambiguation), multiple people
• Robert Abrams (born 1938), American politician
• Robert B. Abrams (born 1960), American general
• Roz Abrams (born 1948), American television journalist
• Ruth Abrams (1930–2019), American judge
• Sam Abrams (born 1935), American poet
• Stacey Abrams (born 1973), American politician
• Stephen Abrams (1938–2012), American scholar and activist
• Steve Abrams (born 1949), American politician
• William Abrams (1785–1844), English businessman
• W. J. Abrams (1829–1900), American businessman and politician

References

See also

• Abrams (disambiguation)
• Abram (name)