Aram (given name)

Aram
Pronunciation[ɑˈɾɑm]
GenderMasculine
Language(s)
  1. Armenian Արամ
Origin
Meaningchild of the sun "High lands" in Aramaic
"Son of the sun" in Armenian
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Aram (Armenian: Արամ pronounced [ɑˈɾɑm], Imperial Aramaic: אַרָם) is an Armenian patriarch in the History of Armenia, and a popular masculine name in Aramaic and Armenian.[1] It appears in Hebrew, Aramaic as Aram, son of Shem and in cuneiform as Arame of Urartu.

People with the name

  • Aram I (born 1947) birth name Bedros Keshishian, Catholicos, head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (Armenian Apostolic Church), Antelias, Lebanon
  • Aram Andonian (1875–1952), Armenian journalist, historian and writer
  • Aram Asatryan (1953–2006), Armenian pop singer and songwriter
  • Aram Avakian (1926–1987), American film editor and director
  • Aram Ayrapetyan (born 1986), Russian football player
  • Aram Shahin Davud Bakoyan (born 1954), Iraqi politician
  • Aram Bakshian, American speech writer
  • Aram Barlezizyan (1936–2022), Armenian academic
  • Aram Bartholl (born 1972), German artist
  • Aram Chobanian (born 1929), American university president
  • Aram Gharabekyan, Armenian conductor
  • Aram Haigaz (1900–1986), Armenian-American writer
  • Aram Hakobyan (born 1979), Soviet born Armenian football player
  • Aram Hamparian, American executive director of Armenian National Committee of America
  • Aram Hur (born 1971), South Korean educator, publisher, lecturer, and social activist
  • Aram Karam (1929–2023), Iraqi footballer
  • Aram Karamanoukian (1910–1996), Armenian-Syrian army general
  • Aram Karapetyan (born 1964), Armenian politician
  • Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), Armenian composer
  • Aram Khalili (born 1989), Iranian-Norwegian of Kurdish descent football player
  • Aram Manukian (1879–1919), Armenian revolutionary, politician and general
  • Aram Miskaryan (1973–2009), Armenian sportsman and actor
  • Aram J. Pothier (1854–1928), American governor of Rhode Island
  • Aram Ramazyan (born 1978), Armenian boxer
  • Aram Roston, American investigative journalist
  • Aram Safrastyan (1888–1966), Armenian academic
  • Aram Sargsyan (born 1961), Armenian Prime Minister
  • Aram Gaspar Sargsyan (born 1949), Armenian politician
  • Aram Saroyan (born 1943), Armenian poet, novelist, biographer, memoirist and playwright
  • Aram Satian (born 1947), Armenian composer and songwriter
  • Aram Shah (fl. 1210–1211), second sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate
  • Aram Ter-Ghevondyan (1928–1988), Armenian historian
  • Aram Tigran (1934–2009), Armenian singer
  • Aram Voskanyan (born 1975), Soviet born Armenian football player
  • Aram Yengoyan (1935–2017), professor of anthropology at University of California, Davis

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ekmekdjian, Monique (1992). Les prénoms arméniens. Collection Arménies (in French). Marseille: Editions Parenthèses. p. 17. ISBN 978-2-86364-068-5. OCLC 28974050. Retrieved 2018-12-13.

References

  • "Meaning of the name ARAM". Onomast.com.
  • Awde, Nicholas; Losi, Emanuela (2001), Armenian First Names (1st ed.), New York, New York: Hippocrene Books, ISBN 0-7818-0750-6, archived from the original on 2011-07-11
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