Aron

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Latinized form of the Hebrew name אַהֲרֹן ('Aharon) of uncertain meaning [1] [2] [3]

Some theories:

1) Egyptian name of unknown meaning [4] [5]

2) Hebrew אַהֲרֹן ('aharon) = 'bright'

3) Hebrew har-on = 'mountain of strength' (folk etymology) [5]

4) In the Nordic countries Aron has been used as a Latinization of names containing the name element ARN [2]

Related Names

     
Aakko ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aari ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aaro ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aaron ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Aaroni ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aaska ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aksu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ari ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Danish Old Norse
Arkka ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Arkko ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aro ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aron ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Icelandic Norwegian Old Norse Swedish
Áron ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Sami
Arona ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Aronia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Norwegian
Aronie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Arooni ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Ape and Ate

Name Days

Norway Norway

1 April

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

1 July

Sweden Sweden

1 July

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Aron
Accusative: Aron
Dative: Aroni
Genitive: Arons
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Aron
Accusative: Aron
Dative: Aroni
Genitive: Arons

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: ca. 1340 [4]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Nordland (18th and 19th century), Rogaland (20th century) [4]

Bible

Mirjam and Aron were sister and brother of Moses in the Old Testament

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[6] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m4.png 0 10 1854 3663
Norway Norway[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 737 1104
Denmark Denmark[8] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 209 n.a
Finland Finland[9] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png n.a. 1 n.a 698
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[6][8][7][9]:Name statistics for Aron(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[7]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Aron(m)


Sources: [6] [8] [7] [9]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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