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Meaning of the nameAron

Aron is a spelling of the biblical name Aaron, from Hebrew Aharon, the name of Moses's brother in the Old Testament; the Hebrew meaning is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Aron is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
3,167
Rank in Brazil
#3,745
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
2,269
people

Aron in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aron, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (815 people).

0 women 3,156 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Aron is most common

States with the highest share of people named Aron in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.003%
  2. Paraná 0.003%
  3. São Paulo 0.002%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  5. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo8240.002%
Paraná3200.003%
Rio de Janeiro2510.002%
Minas Gerais2390.001%
Santa Catarina2170.003%
Bahia1690.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1680.002%
Pará1150.001%
Amazonas910.002%
Pernambuco840.001%
Ceará800.001%
Roraima680.011%
Espírito Santo630.002%
Mato Grosso530.001%
Goiás520.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul500.002%
Rio Grande do Norte490.002%
Distrito Federal470.002%
Maranhão450.001%
Paraíba450.001%
Amapá370.005%
Rondônia250.002%
Sergipe210.001%
Piauí190.001%
Alagoas160.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Aron

Behind the Name describes Aron as a form of Aaron used in Croatian, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish and Swedish, and Wiktionary gives it as a less common spelling of Aaron. Wiktionary traces Aaron through Latin and Greek to biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of uncertain meaning; among the hypotheses cited are 'exalted' and 'high mountain'. Behind the Name says the origin is probably Egyptian and unknown. In Portuguese, the traditional form is Aarão. Almost all the people registered as Aron are men. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,167 people named Aron, with a median age of 20.

With a single A, it is the most registered spelling in the group and the regional form listed by Behind the Name.

Other spellings of Aron

SpellingPeople (2022)
Aron3,167
Aaron2,089

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Aron · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Aaron · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Aaron · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Aarão · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Aron · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  6. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aron · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Aron

What does the name Aron mean?

The meaning of Aron is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Aron in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,167 people with the first name Aron, which ranks it number 3,745 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Aron a boy's or a girl's name?

Aron is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,156 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Aron?

Aron is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Aron most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.003% of the state's population is named Aron (217 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Aron?

Aaron. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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