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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Aaron m. Hebrew אהרן, of uncertain origin.

The name of the Biblical brother of Moses, a 4th C British saint, and a 6th C saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Aaron. Geneva Bible (1560): Arón, Aráhon. Sagrados Escrituras (1569): Aarón.

For more information see Withycombe, s.n. Aaron.

England
Latin
1185x1186 Aaron (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 18
Dutch
1572 Aaron AuFr Marregaete; 1574 Aaron ibid. Grave; 1585 Aaron ibid. Bossche; 1597 Aaron ibid. Grave; 1598 Aaron ibid. Grave; 1599 Aaron ibid. Coudron
Early Modern English
1582 Aaron RegBisham p. 4
Middle French
1575 Arron WCS p. 11; 1579 Aaron ibid. p. 44
Walloon
1582 Aaron RWC p. 4; 1584 Aaron ibid. p. 8; 1590/1 Aaron ibid. p. 15; 1591 Aaron ibid. p. 18; 1591/2 Aaron ibid. p. 19; 1592 Aaron ibid. p. 24; 1592/3 Aaron ibid. p. 25, Aron ibid. p. 26; 1593 Aaron ibid. p. 27; 1593/4 Aaron ibid. p. 30; 1594 Aaron ibid. p. 31; 1598 Aaron ibid. p. 50
France
Middle French
1563 Aaron RegPCC-1 p. 35
Hungary
Latin
1229 Aaron (nom) ÁSznt p 74, Aron Aaron; 1246x1383 Aron (nom) ibid.; 1246x1453 Aaron (nom) ibid. p 75, Aron Aaron; 1332x1337 Aaron (nom) Slíz p 11; 1358 Aaron (acc) Slíz2 p. 21, s.n. Johannes
Italy
Latin
1464 Aron (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI; 1527 Aaron (nom) Rome1527 p. 86
Wales
Latin
1452 Aron (nom) ArchCambIII p. 71; 1453 Aron (nom) ibid. p. 69; 1455 Aron (nom) ibid. p. 257
Cite as: R. Le Get, M. Slíz, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Aaron". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Aaron.