Given name · Armenian · Classical Armenian
Արամ
“to rest, become quiet, calm”
Արամ (Aram) is a masculine given name from Middle Median, ultimately from Classical Syriac. It is used in Armenian and Old Armenian.
Armenian and Classical ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Aram.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Արամ goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-, meaning “to rest, become quiet, calm.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Արամ comes from Middle Median, and ultimately from Classical Syriac.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle Median *Arām, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest, become quiet, calm”), from Classical Syriac ܐܕܡ (ʼĀḏām).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Արամ’s family of names
In Old Armenian usage, Արամ shares a linguistic root with the Persian form رام. In Old Armenian usage, Արամ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Aram. In Armenian usage, Արամ has a transliteration in Aram.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Արամ has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Արամ
- Aram KhachaturianSoviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)
- Aram Mp3Armenian singer and comedian (born 1984)
- Aram Shah2nd Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate1176–1211
- Aram ICatholicoi of Ciliciaborn 1947
- Aram SargsyanArmenian political figure (born 1961)
- Aram TigranSyrian-Armenian singer (1934-2009)
- Aram ManukianArmenian revolutionary, politician and general who managed and led the Van Resistance and instrumented the founding of the First Republic of Armenia (1879–1919)
- Aram YerganianArmenian assassin (1900–1934)
- Aram G. SargsyanSoviet-Armenian politicianborn 1949
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