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Aaron vs Alvin - What's the difference?

aaron | alvin |

As proper nouns the difference between aaron and alvin

is that aaron is the elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran while Alvin is a given name derived from Old English.

aaron

English

Proper noun

(Aarons)
  • The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
  • * :
    • And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.
  • .
  • * 1969 , Portnoy's Complaint , Random House, 2002, page 145:
    • - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!

    • Usage notes

    * The given name was exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular among both in the end of the 20th century.

    Derived terms

    * Aaron's bells * Aaron's rod * Aaron's serpent

    Related terms

    * (nonstandard spellings of given name) Aaren, Aron, Arron

    References

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    alvin

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Alvyn

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • Usage notes

    *Always rare in Britain but revived in the U.S.A. in the nineteenth century.

    Related terms

    * Alven

    See also

    * Albin * Alwin, Alwyn, Elwin

    References

    * Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

    Anagrams

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