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[update], 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 filmmaker and composer
- 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