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.
| Pronunciation | [ɑˈɾɑm] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) |
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| Origin | |
| Meaning | child of the sun
"High lands" in Aramaic "Son of the sun" in Armenian |
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People with the name
edit- 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
editNotes
edit- ^ 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
edit- "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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