Aran
[ˈɑːrən]Meaning
from the Aran Islands, or Hebrew for "joyous, shouting", or a Catalan region name
Background Story
Aran is the name of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, borrowed into English from Irish Árainn. It is also a Hebrew name meaning "joyous, shouting", borne by a son of Dishan in the Old Testament. A third origin is the mountainous region in the north of Catalonia where Occitan is spoken, a name derived from Basque haran, "valley".
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