Aram
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Aram is a biblical name of Hebrew origin, meaning "elevated place" or "fortress"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛːɹəm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aram is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Armenia than in any other country, where it is the 31st most common given name.
- SYSyria≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 87K
- AMArmenia≈1 in 170as Արամ
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Aram itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Armenia (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 308 (measured from records)
- 1 in 7.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈18,000 named Արամ, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Արամ in AM Armenia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Aram is a biblical name of Hebrew origin, meaning "elevated place" or "fortress." In the Old Testament, Aram is mentioned as a descendant of Asher. The name carries a sense of strength and nobility, and while historically masculine, it is sometimes used for any gender today.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aram counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM Armenia | #31 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 170 | 361 | Արամ | 89 |
| US United States | — | 3,834 | 1 in 87K | 3.6K | Aram | 308 |
| TR Türkiye | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Aram | 14 |
| SY Syria | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Aram | 18 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,350 | 1 in 7.6K | 1.4K | Aram | 30 |
| GE Georgia | #577 | 868as არამ | 1 in 4.6K | 868 | Aram | 21 |
| NO Norway | — | 286 | 1 in 19K | 1K | — | 14 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia — Most Frequent Newborn Given Names by Sex, Armenian script, 2008-2020 + 2023; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aram is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Aram is of Hebrew origin and means "exalted," "high," or "elevated." It is also associated with the term for a high region or highland.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'high' or 'exalted'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Represents the ancestral lineage of the Aramean nations and Syria in biblical geography.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, from Arram in Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, or perhaps from Averham, Nottinghamshire; first attested Henry Arowme 1456 FrY
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Henry Arowme 1456, Robert Arwome 1500 FrY; Robert Aram 1649 RothwellPR (Y). From Arram in Leconfleld (ERY), or perhaps from Averham (Nt), Aram 1280.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aram Shahb. 1176IN2nd Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate
- Aram Manukianb. 1879AZArmenian revolutionary, politician and general who managed and led the Van Resistance and instrumented the founding of the First Republic of Armenia (1879–1919)
- Aram Yerganianb. 1900ARArmenian assassin (1900–1934)
- Aram Khachaturianb. 1903RUSoviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)
- Aram Avakianb. 1926USAmerican film director, screenwriter and film editor (1926–1987)
- Aram Chobanianb. 1929USAmerican academic administrator
- Aram Ib. 1947LBCatholicoi of Cilicia
- Aram Sargsyanb. 1961AMArmenian political figure (born 1961)
- Aram Mp3b. 1984AMArmenian singer and comedian (born 1984)
- Shin A-lamb. 1986KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean épée fencer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 79 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.6K | #4,737 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1.4K | #1,388 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 1K | #1,626 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 849 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891) | 2025 | 286 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 250 | #4,737 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 91 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 34 | #14,803 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 2025 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 6 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Aram?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛːɹəm/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Aram mean?
- Recorded meaning: Aram is a biblical name of Hebrew origin, meaning "elevated place" or "fortress."
- Where does the name Aram come from?
- Aram is a biblical name of Hebrew origin, meaning "elevated place" or "fortress." In the Old Testament, Aram is mentioned as a descendant of Asher. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Aram a male or female name?
- Aram is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Aram have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Արամ in Armenia, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Aram most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Aram is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 7.6 thousand people — even though Armenia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Aram?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,834 people named Aram in 2020, about 1 in 87 thousand residents.
- How common is Aram compared with other names?
- In Armenia, Aram is the 31st most common given name of 7,577 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aramThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aram” — the 31st most common given name in Armenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.