Aaron
Hebrew at root, read as "exalted" or "high mountain". It stays rare in Poland and goes only to boys: about 1,400 men and boys carry it, most of them born this century as the name has caught on with younger parents.
Aaron Pronunciation
Aaron is pronounced ah-AH-ron (/aˈarɔn/).
What Aaron means
Where Aaron comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Aaron comes from Hebrew, and its oldest sense points to something raised up: exalted, a high mountain. The name belongs to Aaron the brother of Moses, the first high priest of Israel, whose staff blossomed with almonds in the Book of Numbers. For a long time it was a Jewish name before anything else, passed among families who read that story every year.
In Poland the name arrives without diminutives or softer variants. Aaron stays Aaron. Whether on a birth certificate or a school register, it keeps the same short shape, and that plainness suits a word that already reaches upward.
The Polish gloss adds a second layer. Beside wywyższony, the one lifted high, stands oświecony, the enlightened one. The sense of light was attached to the name later, drawn toward a word that first meant height. A boy named Aaron carries a word for mountain.
When Aaron celebrates name day
Aaron appears 4 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 2 April.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Aaron
1 in 15513 men in Poland is named Aaron. 1,376 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #833 among male names.
Aaron's popularity over time
28 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #448 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2002.
Where parents choose Aaron
Aaron is most popular in Opole, 108% above the national average (9 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+66%) and Silesian (+59%). It is least common in Lublin and Warmian-Masurian, 79% and 41% below average respectively.
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Opole
+108%1 in 5,122 babies
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Pomeranian
+66%1 in 6,405 babies
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Silesian
+59%1 in 6,694 babies
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Lublin
−79%1 in 51,338 babies
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Warmian-Masurian
−41%1 in 17,948 babies
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Subcarpathian
−38%1 in 17,224 babies
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Opole+108% 9 born1 in 5,122 babies+108%
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Pomeranian+66% 23 born1 in 6,405 babies+66%
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Silesian+59% 34 born1 in 6,694 babies+59%
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Lower Silesian+56% 23 born1 in 6,832 babies+56%
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Lubusz+29% 6 born1 in 8,276 babies+29%
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Masovian−1% 33 born1 in 10,735 babies−1%
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Lesser Poland−6% 20 born1 in 11,346 babies−6%
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Greater Poland−11% 18 born1 in 11,958 babies−11%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−12% 9 born1 in 12,153 babies−12%
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West Pomeranian−12% 7 born1 in 12,061 babies−12%
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Łódź−33% 8 born1 in 15,840 babies−33%
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Subcarpathian−38% 7 born1 in 17,224 babies−38%
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Warmian-Masurian−41% 4 born1 in 17,948 babies−41%
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Lublin−79% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies−79%
Aaron as a middle name
Aaron is a first name for 1,376 men in Poland and a middle name for another 404, a 77/23 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 350th, between Nathan (407) and Eric (400).
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#348 Xavier409
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#349 Nathan407
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#350 Aaron404
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#351 Eric400
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#352 Zbyszek399