Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Aram
“height”·“one who is exalted”
Aram is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “height” (Hebrew) and “one who is exalted”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewארם
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “height” (Hebrew) and “one who is exalted”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb rum (רום), “to be high.”
From biblical name research
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Aram appears in Genesis 10:22.
From biblical name research
Aram through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,365
- 3,310 boys · 55 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 111 babies
- 2025
- 91
- #1,771 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 91 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,771 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (35). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,834 as a first name in 2020; 341 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aram’s family of names
Aram has a related form in Arram. In Old Armenian usage, Aram is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Արամ. In Armenian usage, Aram is a transliteration of Արամ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aram has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Aram comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 33
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Jeremiahshares a root
- Romeshares a root
- Abramshares a root
- Armonishares a root
- Hiramshares a root
- Ramahshares a root
- Amramshares a root
- Joramshares a root
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- Adoniramshares a root
- Jorimshares a root
- Jeremaishares a root
- Arnishares a root
- Abiramshares a root
- Remmonshares a root
- Tabrimmonshares a root
- Rumahshares a root
- Romamti-ezershares a root
- Rimmonshares a root
- Reumahshares a root
- Rephanshares a root
- Ramothshares a root
- Meromshares a root
- Meremothshares a root
- Malchiramshares a root
- Jerimothshares a root
- Jehoramshares a root
- Jarmuthshares a root
- Huram-abishares a root
- Hadoramshares a root
- Gath-rimmonshares a root
- Armageddonshares a root
- Arimatheashares a root
- Ahiramshares a root
People named Aram
- 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
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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