Aaron Forename
1,028th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 901,207 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar
Aaron Forename Definition:
(m.) the name of the brother of Moses, first High Priest of Israel. It may be an Egyptian name, though it is sometimes explained as a Hebrew word meaning light. There was a Celtic saint named Aaron, but that was probably a different name.
Read More About This ForenameAaron Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 409,484 | 1:885 | 186 |
| Mexico | 100% | 60,467 | 1:2,053 | 326 |
| England | 99% | 35,551 | 1:1,564 | 294 |
| Zambia | - | 32,498 | 1:488 | 101 |
| South Africa | 100% | 28,852 | 1:1,890 | 300 |
| Spain | 100% | 28,626 | 1:1,625 | 236 |
| Malawi | 100% | 27,392 | 1:625 | 135 |
| Ghana | 100% | 25,171 | 1:1,072 | 228 |
| Canada | 100% | 24,715 | 1:1,341 | 306 |
| Australia | - | 24,070 | 1:567 | 133 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 23,814 | 1:648 | 105 |
| Philippines | 99% | 21,547 | 1:4,920 | 838 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 17,121 | 1:10,371 | 1,319 |
| Burundi | 100% | 13,034 | 1:760 | 233 |
| Liberia | 100% | 11,518 | 1:383 | 75 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 11,381 | 1:6,487 | 757 |
| Rwanda | - | 10,152 | 1:1,120 | 240 |
| Kenya | 100% | 7,931 | 1:5,839 | 886 |
| New Zealand | - | 7,866 | 1:577 | 132 |
| Uganda | 99% | 6,488 | 1:6,313 | 737 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5,361 | 1:4,031 | 679 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,217 | 1:21,780 | 2,950 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 3,208 | 1:9,492 | 1,087 |
| China | - | 2,810 | 1:486,141 | 25,714 |
| Chile | 100% | 2,535 | 1:6,946 | 626 |
| Northern Ireland | 98% | 2,370 | 1:778 | 177 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,273 | 1:13,556 | 1,903 |
| India | 100% | 2,043 | 1:594,654 | 45,497 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,972 | 1:15,315 | 1,433 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,905 | 1:715 | 90 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,734 | 1:56,263 | 5,093 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,729 | 1:30,531 | 2,681 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,681 | 1:2,836 | 457 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,599 | 1:1,935 | 359 |
| Scotland | 99% | 1,594 | 1:3,357 | 383 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,567 | 1:136,717 | 6,869 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,542 | 1:1,870 | 422 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,483 | 1:3,378 | 549 |
| Angola | - | 1,350 | 1:19,975 | 1,690 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,292 | 1:74,828 | 1,778 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,164 | 1:3,989 | 443 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,065 | 1:29,851 | 1,979 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,018 | 1:5,912 | 797 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Singapore | 99% | 995 | 1:6,319 | 1,166 |
| Botswana | 100% | 944 | 1:2,314 | 406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 916 | 1:8,900 | 897 |
| Panama | 100% | 908 | 1:4,302 | 771 |
| Indonesia | - | 875 | 1:294,816 | 25,778 |
| Argentina | 100% | 843 | 1:50,739 | 1,412 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 820 | 1:19,644 | 1,179 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 819 | 1:20,637 | 1,962 |
| Chad | 100% | 803 | 1:16,934 | 2,591 |
| Malta | - | 761 | 1:564 | 131 |
| Fiji | - | 748 | 1:1,193 | 290 |
| Poland | 98% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Japan | - | 599 | 1:213,666 | 7,099 |
| Swaziland | - | 589 | 1:2,207 | 494 |
| Honduras | 100% | 588 | 1:14,996 | 1,238 |
| Ecuador | - | 511 | 1:34,691 | 1,498 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 477 | 1:68,393 | 2,852 |
| Hong Kong | - | 470 | 1:16,495 | 1,551 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 439 | 1:23,761 | 2,105 |
| Russia | 98% | 419 | 1:344,233 | 4,293 |
| Belgium | 100% | 399 | 1:28,797 | 1,852 |
| Finland | 100% | 392 | 1:13,988 | 932 |
| France | 100% | 347 | 1:191,557 | 3,180 |
| Colombia | 99% | 329 | 1:145,225 | 3,982 |
| Gabon | 100% | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Guyana | 100% | 312 | 1:2,446 | 480 |
| Kuwait | - | 294 | 1:12,875 | 1,487 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 286 | 1:28,719 | 1,690 |
| Sweden | 100% | 267 | 1:36,921 | 2,147 |
| Bahrain | - | 266 | 1:5,070 | 791 |
| Belize | 100% | 266 | 1:1,332 | 295 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 249 | 1:28,723 | 2,807 |
| Egypt | 100% | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Benin | 100% | 221 | 1:47,854 | 3,820 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 207 | 1:2,807 | 425 |
| Qatar | 100% | 202 | 1:11,731 | 1,873 |
| South Korea | - | 201 | 1:27,584 | 2,333 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 185 | 1:961 | 150 |
| Italy | 99% | 172 | 1:355,012 | 4,214 |
| Austria | 100% | 167 | 1:50,983 | 1,534 |
| Bahamas | - | 164 | 1:2,435 | 499 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 145 | 1:73,113 | 2,247 |
| El Salvador | - | 127 | 1:49,935 | 1,582 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 126 | 1:188,648 | 17,210 |
| Grenada | 99% | 123 | 1:879 | 162 |
| Dominica | - | 117 | 1:645 | 140 |
| Gibraltar | - | 113 | 1:302 | 54 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 113 | 1:18,053 | 2,331 |
| Oman | - | 110 | 1:37,352 | 2,259 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 95 | 1:1,175 | 196 |
| Guam | - | 87 | 1:1,847 | 398 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Micronesia | - | 82 | 1:1,299 | 204 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 78 | 1:1,997 | 462 |
| Czechia | 100% | 78 | 1:136,617 | 1,325 |
| Iraq | - | 72 | 1:486,359 | 5,493 |
| Norway | 100% | 70 | 1:73,319 | 2,655 |
| Brunei | - | 55 | 1:7,629 | 667 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 54 | 1:427,332 | 16,820 |
| Namibia | - | 51 | 1:47,141 | 3,011 |
| Denmark | - | 49 | 1:115,296 | 3,163 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Greece | 100% | 47 | 1:232,650 | 4,433 |
| Jersey | 100% | 46 | 1:2,173 | 384 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 43 | 1:168,298 | 3,039 |
| Guernsey | - | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 40 | 1:2,744 | 522 |
| Bermuda | - | 39 | 1:1,662 | 386 |
| Barbados | - | 37 | 1:7,832 | 950 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 35 | 1:5,553,077 | 51,090 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 35 | 1:97,932 | 2,563 |
| Nauru | 100% | 33 | 1:361 | 39 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 33 | 1:2,806,761 | 3,305 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Iran | 100% | 30 | 1:2,616,562 | 14,138 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 26 | 1:136,550 | 2,192 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:2,135 | 322 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 24 | 1:102,448 | 2,904 |
| Hungary | 100% | 22 | 1:445,080 | 1,710 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 20 | 1:813,666 | 14,035 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 20 | 1:887,342 | 10,070 |
| Turkey | 100% | 20 | 1:3,890,085 | 19,888 |
| Belarus | 100% | 18 | 1:526,799 | 3,344 |
| Israel | 80% | 18 | 1:466,829 | 9,497 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:1,838 | 426 |
| Cyprus | - | 16 | 1:54,442 | 2,189 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Romania | 100% | 16 | 1:1,253,248 | 22,200 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Georgia | 100% | 14 | 1:267,033 | 6,407 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 13 | 1:4,715 | 843 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:1,396 | 227 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 13 | 1:3,499,993 | 7,073 |
| Armenia | 100% | 12 | 1:243,229 | 3,990 |
| Macau | - | 12 | 1:50,684 | 561 |
| Nepal | - | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 10 | 1:8,502 | 218 |
| Kiribati | - | 9 | 1:12,599 | 256 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Bulgaria | - | 8 | 1:873,799 | 10,237 |
| Haiti | - | 7 | 1:1,532,422 | 18,706 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Niger | - | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 4 | 1:1,457 | 226 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Albania | - | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Jordan | - | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Aarón (581), Aaròn (10) & Aáron (1) are calculated separately.
Aaron (67,699) may also be a surname.
Aaron Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(m.) the name of the brother of Moses, first High Priest of Israel. It may be an Egyptian name, though it is sometimes explained as a Hebrew word meaning light. There was a Celtic saint named Aaron, but that was probably a different name. Aaron has been used occasionally as a Christian name since the Reformation. C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) says he did not meet with a single English Aaron in medieval times, though it occasionally occurs as the name of a Jew; but there is mention of one apparently English Aaron in the Curia Regis Rolls for 1199.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
From the Hebrew for a mountain, this Biblical patriarch’s name, though still fairly common in the U. S. A., is now, in England, used mainly by the Jews. Contrast Abel.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Hebrew (masculine) - Lofty mountain.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Ay'-ron, lofty, mountainous. The son of Amram and Jochebed, of the tribe of Levi. The first high-priest of the Jews. Exod. iv. 14; Luke i.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: light-bringer.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Lofty mountain: lofty: inspired: light: descended from the gods.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Aaron Forename Popularity
Aaron Demographics
Aaron Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 57,330 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Aaron Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron in the Russian language | ||
| Аарон | aaron | - |
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