Aron

Locally spelled Áron in HU Hungary and Арон in FI Finland.

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.

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Aron, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Roselia
• Erik
• Emil
• Dominik
• Ivar

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Aron is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Swedish given name17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Norway, Iceland

  Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

  Also written Áron, Arön, Arón, Ãron, Àron

• French given name13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Belgium

  Also written Áron, Arôn, Ärön, Arón, Arön

• Estonian given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Estonia, Sweden, United States, Finland

  Languages: Estonian, Finnish

  Also written Áron, Áròn, Ãron

• Albanian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States

  Also written Áron, Ãron

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Arón, Âron, Áron

• a separate given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ethiopia, Norway

  Also written Áron, Aroñ, A̶r̶o̶n̶, Ãron

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Aron 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.

• In German, Underlying Hebrew Rufname mentioned as possible source of patronymic surname forms such as Ahrens and Arnd.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

• In Welsh, Variant of Arawn or biblical Aaron; earliest cited 1292 (Aron ab Ener).

  as a name·Welsh Surnames

• In English, A male given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Aaron.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, < ebr., fratele profetului Moise.. 1. Petru-Aron Vvd ; Aron-Voda Aroneanu, m-rea Intemeiata de acesta. 2. Aronifa, soli& unui Aron (Ard). 3. Arontea (Ard II 194), formatie ca L eont e din Leon ; 4.. Cu afer. : Ronta (Mot). Cf. R one, R onc e a, la tema Ron. Arodv.Irodion 5. Arpanti v. Lavr ent e II 3. Arpentl, -e, Arpintie v. La v r en tie IT 1, 2.

  as a name·Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

• In English, Raymond Claude Ferdinand,

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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.

• Italo Svevob. 1861ITnot in their usual nameItalian writer (1861-1928)
• Elvis Aaron Presleyb. 1935USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer and actor (1935–1977)
• Aron Ralstonb. 1975USMountain climber, autobiographer, motivational speaker

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).

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.

124 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 55 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What are other forms of the name Aron?

In the etymology graph, Aaron, Harun and Arron are forms of the same name in other languages.

What does the name Aron mean, and where does it come from?

from Hebr. Aharon; etymology uncertain, traditionally 'brother of Moses' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.

Is Aron a male or female name?

Aron is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Norway (SSB), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB), among others.

How do you pronounce Aron?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /aɾon/; in Swahili /aɾon/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

How common is the name Aron?

In Hungary, the national register counted 21,727 people named Aron in 2025, about 1 in 450 residents.

How common is Aron compared with other names?

In Hungary, Aron is the 166th most common given name of 18,528 given names recorded there.

Which countries have the most people named Aron?

In the United States, the national register counted about 494 thousand people named Aaron, more than in any other country we hold. After it come Spain, Hungary, Ecuador and Finland; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Aron most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Aron is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 227 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.