Aaron as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Aaron

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The baby name Aaron is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AIR-ən.

Aaron is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Boy

Syllables: 2

Origin: Hebrew

Pronunciation: AIR-ən

What is the meaning of the name Aaron ?

The baby name Aaron is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AIR-ən.

Aaron is Hebrew in Origin.

Aaron is the English form of Hebrew ʾAharon, written אַהֲרֹן and first attested for Moses’ brother in Exodus. Its deeper etymology is unresolved: many scholars suspect an Egyptian source, in keeping with the narrative setting, while Hebrew explanations such as har with an intensifying element, high mountain or exalted, are later interpretations rather than secure roots. No secure literal meaning can be assigned. Greek Aarōn and Latin Aaron preserved the double initial vowel after the Hebrew guttural weakened or disappeared.

In Jewish tradition Aaron is Israel’s first high priest and ancestor of the Kohanim; he also appears in Christian scripture and as Hārūn in the Quran. The name remained common among Jews and entered broader English use after the Protestant Reformation, helped by vernacular Bible reading. Cognate forms include Aharon, Aron, Aarón, Aronne, and Harun. In the United States it peaked in the 1990s.

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Aaron Ashmore

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Tech N9ne

Actor · Born 1971 · United States

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Aaron Neville

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Aaron Douglas

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Aaron Dessner

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Aaron Yoo

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Aaron Yan

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Aaron Pierre

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Aaron Norris

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Aaron Himelstein

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Aaron – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Boys	2025	#1	—	836
Germany	Boys	2025	#1	—	423
BI		0	#12	1	425
Switzerland	Boys	2024	#13	191	1,769
France	Boys	2021	#15	2,496	2,865
FJ	Boys	0	#17	1	603
BN		0	#24	9	2,297
SV	Boys	0	#28	1	352
NA		0	#32	2	2,537
MT		0	#33	11	1,767
BI	Boys	0	#39	6	917
CN		0	#47	39	3,857
MO		0	#47	6	2,706
CN	Boys	0	#48	541	9,639
HN	Boys	0	#49	4	749
CM		0	#53	4	2,592
New Zealand	Boys	2010	#58	74	99
CY		0	#58	3	1,632
TW		0	#64	37	4,523
LU		0	#66	1	2,830
Belgium	Boys	2024	#67	134	401
JM		0	#69	19	3,714
JP		0	#69	9	4,057
TW	Boys	0	#69	284	7,111
MT	Boys	0	#71	135	4,064
AF		0	#75	2	1,883
AO		0	#75	3	2,729
PH		0	#75	22	5,607
MV	Boys	0	#76	4	3,375
United States	Boys	2024	#78	4,225	7,044
BG		0	#82	1	1,799
BW	Boys	0	#83	68	4,685
QA		0	#90	11	7,011
SG		0	#98	202	11,010
SG	Boys	0	#99	1,573	17,960
Sweden	Boys	2022	#101	87	1,509
BN	Boys	0	#103	31	6,332
CR		0	#105	54	5,526
Canada	Boys	2024	#106	263	2,588
OM		0	#107	10	6,215
GE	Boys	0	#109	2	2,055
CR	Boys	0	#112	1,079	10,188
BN	Girls	0	#113	2	5,459
PA		0	#113	18	3,797
HU		0	#114	2	1,675
MX	Boys	0	#114	8,343	16,355
PH	Boys	0	#114	375	11,440
EC		0	#115	7	2,502
EE	Boys	0	#116	10	2,087
KW		0	#119	3	5,216
ID	Boys	0	#121	11	4,130
Norway	Boys	2025	#125	10	444
CY	Boys	0	#125	7	3,473
Spain	Boys	0	#125	4,730	5,610
MO	Boys	0	#131	95	5,842
GR		0	#133	3	3,911
IQ		0	#133	1	3,533
Finland	Boys	2026	#135	3,782	3,552
MU		0	#136	2	3,613
MY		0	#137	213	12,352
MY	Boys	0	#139	2,919	25,439
GH	Boys	0	#142	322	8,138
JM	Boys	0	#144	143	6,876
BW	Girls	0	#150	2	4,216
LT	Boys	0	#151	1	2,166
MT	Girls	0	#153	1	3,773
RS	Boys	0	#154	1	2,277
AE		0	#158	20	10,220
HU	Boys	0	#160	15	3,954
PA	Boys	0	#160	574	9,305
PR	Boys	0	#161	14	2,508
HK	Boys	0	#166	838	12,905
NA	Boys	0	#178	58	6,830
CZ		0	#185	2	3,154
EC	Boys	0	#187	53	3,322
ZA	Boys	0	#188	3,440	25,619
AR		0	#190	4	2,915
MX		0	#191	259	8,339
RU		0	#192	3	3,641
PS		0	#194	25	5,692
GH		0	#196	48	5,396
Austria		0	#202	12	850
DK		0	#202	5	5,198
LU	Boys	0	#205	14	4,970
SI	Boys	0	#208	4	3,402
PL		0	#211	2	2,600
CL	Boys	0	#217	1,416	13,390
BG	Boys	0	#218	3	3,850
IL		0	#224	51	6,291
Finland	Boys	0	#225	240	2,041
AL	Girls	0	#227	1	4,141
PE	Boys	0	#227	2,155	14,506
AR	Boys	0	#229	408	7,628
IR		0	#230	2	4,221
NG		0	#235	30	5,926
NA	Girls	0	#236	2	7,146
BD		0	#240	2	5,992
JP	Boys	0	#241	57	7,909
HK		0	#243	108	8,483
AO	Boys	0	#244	6	5,568
JP	Girls	0	#250	2	6,592
UY	Boys	0	#252	185	5,922
HR	Boys	0	#257	3	3,997
PE		0	#257	54	6,350
MO	Girls	0	#258	6	7,056
GT	Boys	0	#262	262	7,625
Austria	Boys	0	#268	188	2,180
GR	Boys	0	#268	6	6,912
AF	Boys	0	#270	5	3,535
JM	Girls	0	#275	4	7,507
KZ	Boys	0	#277	13	6,578
SA		0	#280	16	10,560
CZ	Boys	0	#282	23	6,530
IL	Boys	0	#282	445	10,983
TW	Girls	0	#284	6	8,139
AL	Boys	0	#287	12	5,122
GT		0	#289	26	5,948
Canada	Girls	2019	#296	5	2,976
Finland		0	#296	12	830
PL	Boys	0	#296	40	6,459
DK	Boys	0	#302	24	7,401
Spain		0	#306	152	2,326
MU	Boys	0	#319	39	8,477
Germany	Boys	0	#328	1,079	5,697
ZA		0	#329	119	14,421
GH	Girls	0	#332	6	6,973
KZ	Girls	0	#332	1	5,862
PS	Boys	0	#334	235	10,655
BO		0	#335	47	6,868
BO	Boys	0	#336	326	9,244
CL		0	#340	73	6,867
CN	Girls	0	#340	10	8,829
QA	Girls	0	#341	3	15,378
CM	Boys	0	#344	235	12,054
NL		0	#348	44	2,481
NG	Boys	0	#352	1,205	16,906
PT	Boys	0	#354	14	7,951
SD	Girls	0	#357	2	7,678
BR		0	#360	1	5,969
MU	Girls	0	#361	2	8,539
PH	Girls	0	#375	16	13,098
Germany		0	#381	57	2,542
JO	Boys	0	#383	7	7,057
France	Girls	2020	#392	3	3,215
YE		0	#396	3	8,639
BD	Girls	0	#406	1	8,413
NL	Boys	0	#407	799	5,873
EG		0	#410	3	6,387
OM	Girls	0	#420	5	15,987
SD	Boys	0	#423	23	10,523
RU	Boys	0	#440	66	12,621
CO		0	#465	16	7,768
CO	Boys	0	#472	601	15,656
BH		0	#487	67	17,937
PA	Girls	0	#513	6	9,861
RU	Girls	0	#515	9	11,913
IQ	Girls	0	#523	3	11,303
LY		0	#524	12	12,703
IR	Boys	0	#527	26	10,162
UY	Girls	0	#536	1	6,731
AE	Girls	0	#538	16	20,968
GT	Girls	0	#539	3	7,500
BD	Boys	0	#544	33	10,045
PS	Girls	0	#544	4	10,981
IR	Girls	0	#545	1	8,334
CM	Girls	0	#553	8	11,671
KW	Girls	0	#555	7	19,177
QA	Boys	0	#556	152	18,093
CR	Girls	0	#565	9	11,342
SG	Girls	0	#574	13	18,916
AR	Girls	0	#589	11	8,289
HK	Girls	0	#604	12	16,104
IT	Boys	0	#609	1,296	10,046
IT		0	#625	90	4,183
IQ	Boys	0	#640	28	13,071
IL	Girls	0	#643	3	11,648
KW	Boys	0	#646	124	18,755
BO	Girls	0	#649	3	9,488
IN	Girls	0	#651	4	13,121
NG	Girls	0	#671	117	15,093
LB		0	#687	4	13,263
BR	Boys	0	#711	41	12,213
Finland	Girls	2026	#730	9	3,895
OM	Boys	0	#751	131	17,948
AE	Boys	0	#757	348	22,615
SY		0	#761	7	11,684
TN		0	#809	21	13,765
CL	Girls	0	#828	24	14,098
EG	Boys	0	#860	27	15,035
IN	Boys	0	#891	111	16,750
United States	Girls	2024	#910	7	8,487
PE	Girls	0	#918	26	14,861
SA	Girls	0	#925	11	25,931
MY	Girls	0	#939	56	24,821
Spain	Girls	0	#944	40	5,561
BR	Girls	0	#992	1	12,708
EG	Girls	0	#1,005	5	14,742
CO	Girls	0	#1,065	14	16,140
MA		0	#1,073	56	20,986
ZA	Girls	0	#1,079	63	25,928
DZ		0	#1,124	53	20,130
MX	Girls	0	#1,128	56	17,781
TR		0	#1,159	53	19,440
SA	Boys	0	#1,270	347	28,008
IT	Girls	0	#1,436	11	9,415

Aaron is popular in 94 countries — most recent births per country:

Ireland

France

Scotland, United Kingdom

Norway

Canada

Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Wallonia, Belgium

Switzerland

United States

Brussels, Belgium

Sweden

England & Wales, United Kingdom

New South Wales, Australia

Germany

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New Zealand

Austria