1983 Soviet stamp depicting Aram Khachaturian Aram (Armenian : Արամ pronounced [ ɑˈɾɑm] Imperial Aramaic : אַרָם Armenian patriarch in the History of Armenia Aramaic and Armenian .[ 1] Hebrew and Aramaic as Aram, son of Shem ,[ 2] Arame of Urartu .
The name is most predominantly used by ethnic Armenians. According to Movses Khorenatsi and folk etymology, the name is the source of the exonym Armenia.
People with the name include:
Aram I (born 1947) birth name Bedros Keshishian, Catholicos, head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (Armenian Apostolic Church), Antelias, LebanonAram Abbasi (born 1994), Iranian footballerAram Achekbashian (1867–1915), Armenian politicianAram Andonian (1875–1952), Armenian journalist, historian and writerAram Arutyunov (born 1956), Russian mathematicianAram Asatryan (1953–2006), Armenian pop singer and songwriterAram Avagyan (born 1991), Armenian boxerAram Avakian (1926–1987), American film editor and directorAram Ayrapetyan (born 1986), Russian football playerAram Shahin Davud Bakoyan (born 1954), Iraqi-Armenian politicianAram Bajakian (born 1977), Armenian-American jazz musicianAram Bakshian (1944–2022), Armenian-American speech writer and political aideAram Banu Begum (1584–1624), Mughal princessAram Barlezizyan (1936–2022), Armenian academic and linguistAram Bartholl (born 1972), German artistAram Boghossian (born 1929), Brazilian-Armenian freestyle swimmerAram Bounyatyan (born 1839), fourth mayor of YerevanAram Byer James , American civil rights attorneyAram Chobanian (1929–2023), Armenian-American university presidentAram D'Abro , Armenian American scientific authorAram Gharabekyan (1955–2014), Armenian conductorAram Grigorian (born 1998), Russian-Emirati judoka of Armenian ethnicityAram Grigoryan (born 1992), Russian judokaAram Grigoryan (born 1977), Armenian politician from Nagorno-KarabakhAram Haigaz (1900–1986), Armenian-American writerAram Hadzhiyan (born 1979), Armenian cross-country skierAram Hakobyan (born 1979), Soviet born Armenian football player and coachAram Hakobyan (born 2001), Armenian chess grandmasterAram Hamparian (born 1996), American executive director of Armenian National Committee of AmericaAram Han Sifuentes (born 1986), Korean American fiber artistAram Harrow (born 1980), American physicistAram Hasanzada (born 1994), Kurdish-Finnish footballerAram Hur (born 1971), South Korean educator, publisher, lecturer, and social activistAram Karam (1929–2023), Iraqi-Assyrian footballerAram Karamanoukian (1910–1996), Armenian-Syrian army generalAram Karapetyan (born 1964), Armenian politicianAram Khachaturian (1903–1978), Armenian composerAram Khalili (born 1989), Iranian-Norwegian of Kurdish descent football playerAram Kocharyan (1952–2022), Armenian politicianAram Mahmoud (born 1997), Syrian-Dutch badminton playerAram Manukian (1879–1919), Armenian revolutionary, politician and generalAram Manukyan (born 1957), Armenian politicianAram Margaryan (born 1974), Armenian freestyle wrestlerAzam Mirhabibi (born 1953), known as Aram , Iranian actress Aram Miskaryan (1973–2009), Armenian sportsman and actorAram Mnatsakanov (born 1962), Azerbaijani Armenian chef and restuarateurAram Nalbandyan (1908–1987), Soviet-Armenian physicistAram Ostadian-Binai (born 1985), Danish-Iranian social entrepreneurAram Pachyan (born 1983), Armenian writerAram J. Pothier (1854–1928), American banker and governor of Rhode IslandAram Ramazyan (born 1978), Armenian boxerAram Roston , American investigative journalistAram Safrastyan (1888–1966), Armenian academicAram Sargsyan (born 1961), Armenian Prime MinisterAram Avetiki Sargsyan (born 1984), known by his artist name Aram Mp3, Armenian singer and comedianAram Gaspar Sargsyan (born 1949), Armenian politicianAram Saroyan (born 1943), Armenian poet, novelist, biographer, memoirist and playwrightAram Satian (born 1947), Armenian composer and songwriterAram Shah (1176–1211), second sultan of the Mamluk SultanateAram Shelton (born 1976), American jazz musicianAram Talalyan (born 1971), Armenian cellist and conductorAram Ter-Ghevondyan (1928–1988), Armenian historianAram Tigran (1934–2009), Armenian singer of Kurdish folk musicAram Van Ballaert (born 1971), Belgian guitarist and composerAram Vardanyan (born 1995), Uzbek-Armenian wrestlerAram Voskanyan (born 1975), Soviet-born Armenian football playerAram Yengoyan (1935–2017), professor of anthropology at the University of California, DavisAram Yerganian (1900–1934), Armenian assassin of the Dashnaktsutyun
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Notes ↑ Ekmekdjian, Monique (1992). Les prénoms arméniens [ Armenian First Names ] . Collection Arménies (in French). Marseille : Editions Parenthèses. p. 17. ISBN 978-2-86364-068-5 . OCLC 28974050. Retrieved 2018-12-13 . ↑ Hanks, Patrick ; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names . Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press . p. 62. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1 . OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 6 November 2025 .
References "Meaning of the name ARAM". Onomast.com. Awde, Nicholas; Losi, Emanuela (2001), Armenian First Names (1st ed.), New York, New York: Hippocrene Books , ISBN 0-7818-0750-6 , archived from the original on 2011-07-11 
