Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Meaning and origin of Aaron

The boy's name Aaron \a(a)-ron\ is pronounced AIR-an, AHR-an. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "mountain of strength". From the Hebrew "har-on", or possibly of Egyptian origin. Biblical: Moses' brother Aaron was the first high priest of Israel. US Vice President Aaron Burr; baseball star Hank Aaron; composer Aaron Copland; actor Aaron Eckhart.

Aaron has 37 variant forms: Aaran, Aaren, Aarin, Aaro, Aaronas, Aaronn, Aarron, Aaryn, Aeron, Aeryn, Aharon, Ahran, Ahren, Ahron, Airen, Airyn, Aran, Arand, Arek, Aren, Arend, Ari, Arin, Arnie, Aron, Aronne, Arran, Arron, Arun, Auron, Ayren, Ayron, Erin, Haroun, Ron, Ronnie and Ronny.

For more information, see also the related name Eron.

Baby names that sound like Aaron are Jaron, Arion, Aryon, Arn, Arrin, Arren, Jaronn, Jaryn, Jarron, Jarin, Jaren, Jaran, Jayron, Jeron, Joron and Oron.

Aaron is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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