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Ian vs Aaron - What's the difference?

ian | aaron |

As a determiner ian

is .

As an adverb ian

is .

As a proper noun aaron is

spanish equivalent of aaron.

ian

English

Alternative forms

* Iain

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1975 , , World of Wonders , ISBN 0670817902, page 736
  • “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian'. If you want to call him ' Ian Fetch, I shall say no more.”

    References

    * Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoin by Josh Mittleman

    Anagrams

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    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.
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  • * 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

    References

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