AGRON Origin of surname
AGRON, AGRONSKY
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin. Agron and Agronsky, in which the Slavic ending "-sky" means "of/from" and can stand for "son of", are Slavic variants of Aharon and Ben Aharon. The biblical Aaron/Aharon, son of Amram and Jochebed, of the tribe of Levi, was the elder brother of Moses, the first high priest of the Jews, and the ancestor of the Cohanim. Numerous personal and family names are linked to this brother, spokesman and aide of Moses, among them Aron, Aren, Oren, Horn, Goren, Oron and Baron. A distinguished bearer of this Jewish family name in the 20th century was Gershon Agron (born Agronsky in Ukraine 1894-1959), an Israeli press pioneer and mayor of Jerusalem.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin. Agron and Agronsky, in which the Slavic ending "-sky" means "of/from" and can stand for "son of", are Slavic variants of Aharon and Ben Aharon. The biblical Aaron/Aharon, son of Amram and Jochebed, of the tribe of Levi, was the elder brother of Moses, the first high priest of the Jews, and the ancestor of the Cohanim. Numerous personal and family names are linked to this brother, spokesman and aide of Moses, among them Aron, Aren, Oren, Horn, Goren, Oron and Baron. A distinguished bearer of this Jewish family name in the 20th century was Gershon Agron (born Agronsky in Ukraine 1894-1959), an Israeli press pioneer and mayor of Jerusalem.