Yaron (Hebrew: יָרוֹן) is a Hebrew name meaning "is full of joy", "will be full of joy", or "to shout, to sing".[1][2] It is common in Israel as both a male first name and a surname. Its English-language equivalent is Jaron.
Notable people with the first name Yaron include:
- Yaron Brook (born 1961), Israeli-American entrepreneur, writer, and activist, former CEO of the Ayn Rand Institute
- Yaron Brown, Israeli soccer player
- Yaron Golan, Israeli publisher
- Yaron Herman, Israeli-French jazz pianist
- Yaron Kohlberg, Israeli classical pianist
- Yaron Lifschitz, Australian theatre director
- Yaron London, Israeli media personality
- Yaron Margolin, Israeli dancer and choreographer
- Yaron Matras, British linguist
- Yaron Svoray, Israeli author and investigative journalist
- Yaron Traub (born 1964), Israeli conductor and pianist
- Yaron Zilberman, Israeli film director
- Yarone Zober, Israeli-American politician and acting mayor, for a time, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Notable people with the surname Yaron include:
- Amos Yaron, Israeli general accused of complicity in the Sabra and Shatila massacre
- Hagit Messer Yaron (born 1953), Israeli electrical engineer, businesswoman, and President of Open University of Israel
- Ido Yaron, Israeli DJ and founder of Utopia Records
- Miriam Yaron, Miss Israel 1950
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Yaron". Behind the Name. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva Auguste Horowitz (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. Hoboken, N.J: KTAV Publishing House. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2. OCLC 25093664. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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