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and why? Assuming they were both pronounced the same (I pronounce them the same). Do the names make you think of different personalities? Do they have a different feel? Different colors? Anything?
Do you think the name is too common in general? I think it never made the top 20, but I have the feeling it's well used. How many do you know? Which spellings? Do you feel it's getting more or less popular? It has lost popularity over the years.
Do you find the extra A in Aaron unnecessary? I just noticed it's the only name I can think of except for Finnish names, where two As are used in a row, but only one is pronounced. Actually I have never seen that with Os, Es, Is either. Does Aron look foreign or familiar?
Do you pronounce Aaron and the girls name Erin the same? I don't, just wondering.
Aaron or Aron?
Do you think the name is too common in general? I think it never made the top 20, but I have the feeling it's well used. How many do you know? Which spellings? Do you feel it's getting more or less popular? It has lost popularity over the years.
Do you find the extra A in Aaron unnecessary? I just noticed it's the only name I can think of except for Finnish names, where two As are used in a row, but only one is pronounced. Actually I have never seen that with Os, Es, Is either. Does Aron look foreign or familiar?
Do you pronounce Aaron and the girls name Erin the same? I don't, just wondering.
Aaron or Aron?
This message was edited 8/10/2011, 6:10 AM
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To be honest, I strongly disagree. Most people in the US pronounce them all the same (Erin, Aaron, Aron). I also don't see why Aron and Aaron should be pronounced differently at all and uh-RONE is a pronunciation that isn't used it any country as far as I'm aware, it's just plain wrong.
Aron and Aaron are either AIR-uhn (US) or AH-ron (non-English speaking countries) and maybe AHR-uhn (England, Australia), but never uh-RONE.
They are the same biblical name, just like Hannah/Hanna and should be pronounced the same even though pronunciations differ depending on where you are-
Aron and Aaron are either AIR-uhn (US) or AH-ron (non-English speaking countries) and maybe AHR-uhn (England, Australia), but never uh-RONE.
They are the same biblical name, just like Hannah/Hanna and should be pronounced the same even though pronunciations differ depending on where you are-
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I prefer Aaron, but Aaron and Aron both seem fine to me. To me, Aron looks more familiar than foreign. Aaron looks more balanced to me, but that's probably because I'm used to seeing it more often than Aron.
Aaron is popular enough that I don't think of one particular kind of personality, and Aron is close enough to Aaron that I can't say that I think of a certain personality either.
Aaron is getting less popular these days in the U.S. at least. It's still too popular for my liking, but I'd say that it won't have another heyday for a while.
Aaron is popular enough that I don't think of one particular kind of personality, and Aron is close enough to Aaron that I can't say that I think of a certain personality either.
Aaron is getting less popular these days in the U.S. at least. It's still too popular for my liking, but I'd say that it won't have another heyday for a while.
This message was edited 8/11/2011, 6:12 AM
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I prefer Aaron because it looks familiar and correct and nicer. Aaron is like that nice kid who lives next door and Aron is like that obnoxious kid who lives down the street and you hate walking past his house because he might throw stuff at you. Plus it looks like A-Ron, and I don't like the Ron part, look or sound-wise. Aaron is a nice soothing blue with a strong red at the end, and Aron is just bright red but the white in the middle sticks out a lot more.
I'm surprised that Aaron never made the Top 20 since it seemed to be fairly common in my age group (mid 20s now). I can think of at least 3 Aarons I went to school with, and one Aron. Also we had a pastor at our church named Aaron (he's in his mid 30s I think). I would say Aaron is the type of name that might go up and down in popularity, but it's a pretty strong Biblical name with a fairly solid history of use, so I don't think it will ever change popularity any giant amount.
I don't think the extra A is unnecessary at all. That's just the way it's spelled. There are a few other Biblical names with double As. Aron doesn't look foreign, it just looks wrong and like someone wanted to spell Aaron differently. But by taking out that nice soft second A it visually becomes very sharp and pointy and thus the obnoxious image it gives me.
Yes, I pronounce Aaron and Erin the same.
I'm surprised that Aaron never made the Top 20 since it seemed to be fairly common in my age group (mid 20s now). I can think of at least 3 Aarons I went to school with, and one Aron. Also we had a pastor at our church named Aaron (he's in his mid 30s I think). I would say Aaron is the type of name that might go up and down in popularity, but it's a pretty strong Biblical name with a fairly solid history of use, so I don't think it will ever change popularity any giant amount.
I don't think the extra A is unnecessary at all. That's just the way it's spelled. There are a few other Biblical names with double As. Aron doesn't look foreign, it just looks wrong and like someone wanted to spell Aaron differently. But by taking out that nice soft second A it visually becomes very sharp and pointy and thus the obnoxious image it gives me.
Yes, I pronounce Aaron and Erin the same.
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Thanks, it's nice that you see colors when you think of names, I hoped someone would :) I actually have the feeling it will leave the top 100, like Rachel and Rebecca did. It's not even in the top 50 now and is slowly falling. I do agree that it will always be a classic and it will age well.
It actually surprises me that biblical names like Aaron, Caleb weren't that common in the early 1900s, I was reading the book and then looked the names up here and neither Aaron nor Caleb were in the top 100.
I was wondering, because Aron is the spelling used in Scandinavian countries. I wonder if it's spelled Aron in their translation of the Bible. I also wonder whether the Hebrew spelling indicates the double As and how it is pronounced there. I like both Aaron and Aron, Aron to me is calm, intelligent and serious while Aaron is happy, carefree, outgoing.
It actually surprises me that biblical names like Aaron, Caleb weren't that common in the early 1900s, I was reading the book and then looked the names up here and neither Aaron nor Caleb were in the top 100.
I was wondering, because Aron is the spelling used in Scandinavian countries. I wonder if it's spelled Aron in their translation of the Bible. I also wonder whether the Hebrew spelling indicates the double As and how it is pronounced there. I like both Aaron and Aron, Aron to me is calm, intelligent and serious while Aaron is happy, carefree, outgoing.
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I say them both the same way "ah-ron", but I know some people pronounce Aaron differently "air-on". Therefore I would probably use the Aron spelling, so that people would pronounce it correctly. I pronounce Erin differently as well "eh-rin".
I don't think it's particularly common. I've only ever met one Aaron and he is 20.
The second A is a little unnecessary, but Aron looks incomplete for some reason!
I don't think it's particularly common. I've only ever met one Aaron and he is 20.
The second A is a little unnecessary, but Aron looks incomplete for some reason!
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Well, I had a very annoying coworker named Aaron, but I LOVE the book East of Eden (just visited the Steinbeck Center in Salinas, CA a few weeks ago, in fact), so Aron gets my vote.
Aaron feels more biblical while Aron (to me, at least) feels like a literary name. If not familiar with the book, others might see it as a modernization/streamlining of Aaron.
I do pronounce Erin and Aaron the same, which made for some funny Abbott & Costello style mayhem around the office when we would discuss coworker Aaron, other coworker's pregnant wife, Erin, or a competing firm in our industry which is ALSO named ERIN.
Aaron feels more biblical while Aron (to me, at least) feels like a literary name. If not familiar with the book, others might see it as a modernization/streamlining of Aaron.
I do pronounce Erin and Aaron the same, which made for some funny Abbott & Costello style mayhem around the office when we would discuss coworker Aaron, other coworker's pregnant wife, Erin, or a competing firm in our industry which is ALSO named ERIN.
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Yeah, I love East of Eden, too. I'm just finishing the book, and afterwards I'll watch the movie. He is named Aaron, but changes his name to Aron because his friends find the double As weird or something, I don't remember exactly, but everyone calls him Aron and it's on official documents so I guess it got legally changed or didn't even have to because he was named a year after he was born and there probably wasn't a birth certificate. I like Aron because it's calm and strong, but I also like Aaron a lot.
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