Aram (given name)
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Aram (Armenian: Արամ pronounced [ɑˈɾɑm], Imperial Aramaic: אַרָם) is an Armenian patriarch in the History of Armenia, and a masculine name in Aramaic and Armenian.[1] It appears in Hebrew and Aramaic as Aram, son of Shem,[2] and in cuneiform as Arame of Urartu.
Pronunciation
- Armenian: [ɑˈɾɑm]
- Arabic: [ʔaː.raːm], Persian: [ʔɑː.ˈɾɑːm], Syriac: [ˈʔɑːrɑːm]
GenderMasculine
Word/nameArmenian: Արամ
Arabic: آرام
Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡ| Pronunciation |
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| Gender | Masculine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Armenian: Արամ
Arabic: آرام Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡ |
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The name is most predominantly used by ethnic Armenians. According to Movses Khorenatsi and folk etymology, the name is the source of the exonym Armenia.
People with the name include:
- 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 Abbasi (born 1994), Iranian footballer
- Aram Achekbashian (1867–1915), Armenian politician
- Aram Andonian (1875–1952), Armenian journalist, historian and writer
- Aram Arutyunov (born 1956), Russian mathematician
- Aram Asatryan (1953–2006), Armenian pop singer and songwriter
- Aram Avagyan (born 1991), Armenian boxer
- Aram Avakian (1926–1987), American film editor and director
- Aram Ayrapetyan (born 1986), Russian football player
- Aram Shahin Davud Bakoyan (born 1954), Iraqi-Armenian politician
- Aram Bajakian (born 1977), Armenian-American jazz musician
- Aram Bakshian (1944–2022), Armenian-American speech writer and political aide
- Aram Banu Begum (1584–1624), Mughal princess
- Aram Barlezizyan (1936–2022), Armenian academic and linguist
- Aram Bartholl (born 1972), German artist
- Aram Boghossian (born 1929), Brazilian-Armenian freestyle swimmer
- Aram Bounyatyan (born 1839), fourth mayor of Yerevan
- Aram Byer James, American civil rights attorney
- Aram Chobanian (1929–2023), Armenian-American university president
- Aram D'Abro, Armenian American scientific author
- Aram Gharabekyan (1955–2014), Armenian conductor
- Aram Grigorian (born 1998), Russian-Emirati judoka of Armenian ethnicity
- Aram Grigoryan (born 1992), Russian judoka
- Aram Grigoryan (born 1977), Armenian politician from Nagorno-Karabakh
- Aram Haigaz (1900–1986), Armenian-American writer
- Aram Hadzhiyan (born 1979), Armenian cross-country skier
- Aram Hakobyan (born 1979), Soviet born Armenian football player and coach
- Aram Hakobyan (born 2001), Armenian chess grandmaster
- Aram Hamparian (born 1996), American executive director of Armenian National Committee of America
- Aram Han Sifuentes (born 1986), Korean American fiber artist
- Aram Harrow (born 1980), American physicist
- Aram Hasanzada (born 1994), Kurdish-Finnish footballer
- Aram Hur (born 1971), South Korean educator, publisher, lecturer, and social activist
- Aram Karam (1929–2023), Iraqi-Assyrian 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 Kocharyan (1952–2022), Armenian politician
- Aram Mahmoud (born 1997), Syrian-Dutch badminton player
- Aram Manukian (1879–1919), Armenian revolutionary, politician and general
- Aram Manukyan (born 1957), Armenian politician
- Aram Margaryan (born 1974), Armenian freestyle wrestler
- Azam Mirhabibi (born 1953), known as Aram, Iranian actress
- Aram Miskaryan (1973–2009), Armenian sportsman and actor
- Aram Mnatsakanov (born 1962), Azerbaijani Armenian chef and restuarateur
- Aram Nalbandyan (1908–1987), Soviet-Armenian physicist
- Aram Ostadian-Binai (born 1985), Danish-Iranian social entrepreneur
- Aram Pachyan (born 1983), Armenian writer
- Aram J. Pothier (1854–1928), American banker and 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 Avetiki Sargsyan (born 1984), known by his artist name Aram Mp3, Armenian singer and comedian
- 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 (1176–1211), second sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate
- Aram Shelton (born 1976), American jazz musician
- Aram Talalyan (born 1971), Armenian cellist and conductor
- Aram Ter-Ghevondyan (1928–1988), Armenian historian
- Aram Tigran (1934–2009), Armenian singer of Kurdish folk music
- Aram Van Ballaert (born 1971), Belgian guitarist and composer
- Aram Vardanyan (born 1995), Uzbek-Armenian wrestler
- Aram Voskanyan (born 1975), Soviet-born Armenian football player
- Aram Yengoyan (1935–2017), professor of anthropology at the University of California, Davis
- Aram Yerganian (1900–1934), Armenian assassin of the Dashnaktsutyun