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Meaning & History
Means "Ashur has given a brother to me" in Assyrian, from the Akkadian Aššur-ahhe-iddina.A noted bearer is Esarhaddon, King of Assyria from 681 - 669 BCE. He was the youngest son of Sennacherib and the West Semitic queen Naqi'a, Sennacherib's second wife.In American author Nicholas Guild's historical fiction novel 'The Assyrian', Esarhaddon is the name of the protagonist's best friend. In American author and astrophysicist Carl Sagan's novel 'Contact', the character S.R. Hadden is named for Esarhaddon.