Aaron
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (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 edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
Related terms edit
- (nonstandard spellings of given name) Aaren, Aron, Arron
- (patronymic surname of given name) Aaronson
Translations edit
biblical brother of Moses
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male given name
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Noun edit
Aaron (plural Aarons)
- (archaic, thieves' cant) The leader of a group of thieves.[6]
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ 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)[1], 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 edit
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Aaron m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
Estonian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Aaron
- Aaron (biblical figure)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Aaron
- Aaron (biblical figure)
- a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
Declension edit
| Inflection of Aaron (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
Proper noun edit
Aaron
Derived terms edit
compounds
Statistics edit
- 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.
Anagrams edit
French edit
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Proper noun edit
Aaron m
- Aaron (biblical figure)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Aaron m (proper noun, strong, genitive Aarons)
- (biblical characters) Aaron
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn).
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.a.ron/, [ˈäːäron]
Proper noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
- → 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 edit
- “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 - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Aarōn, from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (Ahărōn).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
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