Aron

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Арон in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan, Aeron in FR France, FI Finland and Aaron in CZ Czechia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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

• Norwegian Bokmål given name24K records spelled Aron17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Iceland, Denmark, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Icelandic, Danish

  Also written Áron, Arön, Àron, Arón, Ãron

• French given name22K records spelled Aron13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Philippines

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Áron, Arôn, Ärön, Arön, Arón

• Finnish given name6.7K records spelled Aron5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Áron, Ãron, Áròn

• Albanian given name6.1K records spelled Aron3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy

  Also written Áron, Ãron

• a separate given name5.7K records spelled Aron4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ethiopia, United Kingdom

  Also written Áron, Arón, Âron

• a separate given name3.5K records spelled Aron5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Peru

  Also written Áron, A̶r̶o̶n̶, Ãron, Aroñ

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.

Other recorded senses●

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Italo Svevob. 1861ITnot in their usual nameItalian writer (1861-1928)
• Elvis Aaron Presleyb. 1935USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer and actor (1935–1977)
• Aron Winterb. 1967NLDutch association football player and manager (born 1967)
• Aron Eisenbergb. 1969USAmerican actor
• Aaron Jefferyb. 1970NZnot in their usual nameAustralian actor
• Aron Ralstonb. 1975USMountain climber, autobiographer, motivational speaker
• Damien Sandowb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler
• Aron Baynesb. 1986NZAustralian basketball player (born 1986)
• Aron Gunnarssonb. 1989ISIcelandic professional footballer
• Áron Szilágyib. 1990HUHungarian 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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,187 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aron?

We estimate roughly 629 thousand people bear Aron (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Aron have the most bearers?

We estimate about 492 thousand people bear Aron in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled aron.

Where is Aron most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Aron is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 165 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Aron compared with other names?

In Hungary, Aron is the 115th most common given name of 18,750 given names recorded there.

Is Aron a male or female name?

Aron 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.

What does the name Aron mean?

Recorded meaning: from Hebr. Aharon; etymology uncertain, traditionally 'brother of Moses'