Almon as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Almon

What is the meaning of the name Almon ?

The baby name Almon is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AL-mən (IPA: /ˈæl.mən/).

Almon is English, Hebrew in Origin.

Almon is a masculine given name from Hebrew, taken from a biblical place name (Joshua 21:18). The Hebrew form ʿAlmôn likely derives from a root meaning “hidden” or “concealed,” giving the name the sense of “hidden place.” In parallel biblical lists the same Levitical town appears as Alemeth (1 Chronicles 6:60), so Alemeth is often treated as a textual or variant form linked to Almon. Another occurrence, Almon-diblathaim, is a station named in Israel’s wilderness itinerary.

English-speaking Protestants occasionally adopted Almon during the 18th and 19th centuries as part of a broader taste for scriptural place names, especially in New England and the American Midwest. It never became common but is found among notable figures such as inventor Almon Brown Strowger and early Latter-day Saint leader Almon W. Babbitt. Variants and near-forms include Alemeth, Alman, Allmon, and Almond; Amon is related but etymologically distinct.