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Aram (given name)

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Aram
Pronunciation[ɑˈɾɑm]
GenderMasculine
Language(s)
  1. Armenian Արամ
Origin
Meaningchild of the sun "High lands" in Aramaic
"Son of the sun" in Armenian

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

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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.

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