Aaron

Where Aaron comes from

From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested to also mean “elevated”, “exalted” or “high mountain”. Doublet of Harun.
— Wiktionary's entry for Aaron
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1756
    Aaron Burr born
    vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #131 among boys — 102 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1986
    Aaron Swartz born
    American computer programmer and internet-political activist
  4. 1994
    Peak, #28
    14,385 babies named Aaron — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #52.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Aaron Swartz · American computer programmer and internet-political activist, 1986–2013
  • Aaron Burr · vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived, 1756–1836
  • Aaron Ramsey · Welsh association football player and manager, born 1990
  • Aaron Klug · British chemist and biophysicist, 1926–2018
  • Aaron Eckhart · American actor, born 1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.