Aaron
English
Etymology
From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested to also mean “elevated”, “exalted” or “high mountain”. Doublet of Harun.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.ən/, /ˈæɹ.ən/
Audio (US) (file)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæɹ.ən/, /ˈɛə.ɹən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛɹən, -æɹən
- Homophones: Aran, Arin, Arran, Arun, Erin (in some pronunciations)
note on the pronunciation
The Hebrew etymon of Aaron, אהרן, was pronounced /ahăron/; it was transliterated into Greek as Ἀαρών (Aarṓn) (/aaron/), and into Latin as Aaron. In Ecclesiastical Latin, the name was and is pronounced with two separate a sounds.[1]
The pronunciation of the aa as a single sound, /ˈɛəɹən/, /ˈɛɹən/, /ˈæɹən/, originated when the Bible was anglicised, hence modern guides to the pronunciation of Biblical names, including those of the Church of England, the BBC,[2] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[3] the Oxford English Dictionary,[4] and Harper Collins[5] specify the modern English pronunciation as /ɛəɹən/, where the first syllable sounds like the word air.
The variant form Aron (see Wikipedia) derives from the same Hebrew root, but via Scandinavian and/or Celtic languages; it is pronounced /ærən/ (like the unrelated but homophonous Celtic names Aran and Arran), for which reason Aaron is sometimes pronounced that way, too.
Proper noun
Aaron (plural Aarons)
- The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 4:14:
- And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and hee said, Is not Aaron the Leuite thy brother? I know that he can speake well.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Random House, published 2002, page 145:
- - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Usage notes
- The given name was exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular among both at the end of the 20th century.
Derived terms
- Aaron's beard
- Aaron's bells
- Aaron's rod
- Aaron's serpent
Related terms
Translations
biblical brother of Moses
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male given name
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Synonyms
References
- 1937, Michael de Angelis, The correct pronunciation of Latin according to Roman usage
- 2006, L. Olausson and C. Sangster, Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation (Oxford University Press), page 1.
- “Pronunciation Guide”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2013 May 1 (last accessed)
- Oxford English Dictionary (2013)
- 1994, Bible Pronunciation Guide (edited by William O. Walker III, published by Harper Collins, →ISBN)
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “Aaron”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 2.
Anagrams
Catalan
Alternative forms
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːron/, [ˈɑːron]
Proper noun
Aaron
- Aaron (biblical figure)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːron/, [ˈɑ̝ːro̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑːron
- Syllabification(key): Aa‧ron
Proper noun
Aaron
- Aaron (biblical figure)
- a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
Declension
| Inflection of Aaron (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Aaron | Aaronit | ||
| genitive | Aaronin | Aaronien Aaroneiden Aaroneitten | ||
| partitive | Aaronia | Aaroneita Aaroneja | ||
| illative | Aaroniin | Aaroneihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Aaron | Aaronit | ||
| accusative | nom. | Aaron | Aaronit | |
| gen. | Aaronin | |||
| genitive | Aaronin | Aaronien Aaroneiden Aaroneitten | ||
| partitive | Aaronia | Aaroneita Aaroneja | ||
| inessive | Aaronissa | Aaroneissa | ||
| elative | Aaronista | Aaroneista | ||
| illative | Aaroniin | Aaroneihin | ||
| adessive | Aaronilla | Aaroneilla | ||
| ablative | Aaronilta | Aaroneilta | ||
| allative | Aaronille | Aaroneille | ||
| essive | Aaronina | Aaroneina | ||
| translative | Aaroniksi | Aaroneiksi | ||
| abessive | Aaronitta | Aaroneitta | ||
| instructive | — | Aaronein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Statistics
- Aaron is the 181st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,368 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,832 more), and also belongs to 6 female individuals (and as a middle name to 8 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.a.ʁɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Aaron m
- Aaron (biblical figure)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʔaːʀɔn], [ˈaːʁɔn]
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Aaron m (proper noun, strong, genitive Aarons)
- (biblical characters) Aaron
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn).
Pronunciation
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.a.ron/, [ˈäːäron]
Proper noun
Aarōn m sg (variously declined, genitive Aarōn or Aarōnis); indeclinable, third declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) Aaron (biblical figure)
- 207 CE – 208 CE, Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 22.15:
- In qua facie ad faciem visibilem se ei repromiserat, etiam ad Aaronem dicens […]
- He promised that he would be visible to him face to face, even saying to Aaron […]
- In qua facie ad faciem visibilem se ei repromiserat, etiam ad Aaronem dicens […]
Declension
Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Aarōn |
| Genitive | Aarōn Aarōnis |
| Dative | Aarōn Aarōnī |
| Accusative | Aarōn Aarōnem |
| Ablative | Aarōn Aarōne |
| Vocative | Aarōn |
Descendants
- → Catalan: Aaró, Aaron
- → Chinese: 亞倫／亚伦 (Yàlún, Yǎlún)
- → Danish: Aron
- → Greenlandic: Aalut
- → Dutch: Aäron
- → English: Aaron
- → Estonian: Aaron
- → Faroese: Aron
- → Finnish: Aaron, Aron
- → French: Aaron
- → German: Aaron
- → Hungarian: Áron
- → Icelandic: Aron
- → Irish: Árón
- → Italian: Aronne
- → Korean: 아론 (Aron)
- → Lithuanian: Aronas
- → Maltese: Aronn
- → Maori: Arona
- → Northern Sami: Áron
- → Norwegian: Aron
- → Polish: Aaron
- → Portuguese: Aarão
- → Russian: Ааро́н (Aarón), Аро́н (Arón)
- → Kazakh: Арон (Aron)
- → Spanish: Aarón
- → Swedish: Aron
Further reading
- “Aaron”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aaron in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Aaron”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Old English
Etymology
From Latin Aarōn, from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (Ahărōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːˈɑ.roːn/
Proper noun
Āarōn m
- (biblical) Aaron
- c. 1050, Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 9:20
- He wæs yrre wiþ Aaron and wolde hine fordon and ic gebæd for hyne
- And the Lord was very angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him; so I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
- c. 1050, Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 9:20
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