Arron

Where Arron comes from

The dictionaries list Arron as a given name — a male given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Aaron — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,050 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Arron Asham born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  3. 1985
    Arron Afflalo born
    American basketball player
  4. 1989
    Peak, #580
    285 babies named Arron — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,006.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Aaron.
Namesakes
  • Arron Afflalo · American basketball player, born 1985
  • Arron Asham · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1978
  • Arron Davies · British footballer, born 1984
  • Arron Banks · English businessman and political donor, born 1966
  • Arron Villaflor · Filipino actor, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.