Aram (given name) explained

Aram
Pronunciation:	in Armenian pronounced as /ɑˈɾɑm/
Gender:	Masculine
Language:	Armenian Արամ
Meaning:	child of the sun "High lands" in Aramaic "Son of the sun" in Armenian

Aram (hy|[[wikt:Արամ|Արամ]] in Armenian pronounced as /ɑˈɾɑm/, arc|[[wikt:ארם|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

• Aram (surname)
• Armenian patriarch (disambiguation)
• Arame of Urartu

References

• Web site: Meaning of the name ARAM.. Onomast.com.

Notes and References

1. Book: Ekmekdjian , Monique . Les prénoms arméniens. Collection Arménies. Editions Parenthèses. Marseille. 1992. 978-2-86364-068-5. 28974050. fr. 17. 2018-12-13.