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Аарон
“enlightener”
Аарон (Aarón) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, and Bulgarian.
Bulgarian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Aaron.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Аарон goes back to Hebrew אהרן, meaning “enlightener.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Аарон comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Аарон developed from Ἀαρών.
Аарон’s family of names
In Russian usage, Аарон developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀαρών. In Bulgarian usage, Аарон has a conventional equivalent in the German form Aaron. In Russian usage, Аарон has a transliteration in Aaron.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Аарон has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Aronequivalent
- Aharonequivalent
- HarunTurkish
- Aronasequivalent
- Ահարոնequivalent
- AarãoPortuguese
- AäronDutch
- אהרוןequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Аарон
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