Aramaic Baby Names
Names recorded as Aramaic in origin — the lingua franca of the ancient Near East and the everyday language of first-century Judea. Most reached English through the New Testament.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meaning uncertain; part of the Mary/Miriam family | 2,230#125 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Twin | 6,917#34 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Lady; mistress of the household | 393#713 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Yahweh is salvation, through Yeshua | 2,078#173 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Biblical place name; possibly house of affliction, figs, or Anaiah | 362#752 | Down 150 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
Probably a form of Silvanus, of the woods; origin debated | 4,639#71 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Gazelle | 171#1,308 | Up 34 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
Roman name form; also Maria combined with Ana | 1,192#261 | Up 12 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Meaning uncertain; part of the Mary/Miriam family | —Unranked | — | 1930 | ||
Twin | 7#13,071 | Down 1,023 rank positions in five years | 1983 | ||
Possibly son + Talmai; Ptolemy | 39#3,092 | Up 1,344 rank positions in five years | 1969 | ||
Twin, through Thomas | —Unranked | — | 1966 | ||
Female child, girl, maiden | 42#3,637 | Down 1,140 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Yahweh is salvation, through Yeshua | 6#13,956 | new | 1993 | ||
Thomas with the suffix -ine | —Unranked | — | 1950 | ||
Lady; mistress of the household | —Unranked | — | 1939 | ||
Stone, rock | 19#5,069 | Up 957 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Twin, through Thomasina | —Unranked | — | 2017 | ||
Probably a form of Silvanus, of the woods; origin debated | 7#12,987 | Down 3,534 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Biblical place name; possibly house of affliction, figs, or Anaiah | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Gazelle | —Unranked | — | 1978 | ||
House of Anaiah, through Βηθανία | —Unranked | — | 1988 | ||
Roman name form; also Maria combined with Ana | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Thomas with the suffix -in | 12#8,815 | Up 6,119 rank positions in five years | 2023 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Names are included when their documented origin matches Aramaic. The list shows up to 100 names for each sex, ordered by current popularity. Origin records are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); coverage reflects documented records, not every name in the language. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.