Yaron

Yaron (in Hebrew: יָרוֹן) is a given name meaning "is full of joy", "will be full of joy", or "to shout, to sing".^[1] It is common in Israel as both a male first name and a last name. Its English-language equivalent is "Jaron".

People with the first name "Yaron" include:

• Dana International, an Israeli transsexual pop star born Yaron Cohen
• Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute
• Yaron Brown, an Israeli soccer player
• Yaron Golan, an Israeli publisher
• Yaron Herman, an Israeli-French jazz pianist
• Yaron Kohlberg, an Israeli classical pianist
• Yaron Lifschitz, an Australian theatre director
• Yaron London, an Israeli media personality
• Yaron Matras, a British linguist
• Yaron Margolin
• Yaron Svoray, an Israeli author and investigative journalist
• Yaron Zilberman, director of the documentary Watermarks
• Yaron Traub
• Yarone Zober, an Israeli-American politician and acting mayor, for a time, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

People with the last name "Yaron" include:

• Amos Yaron, an Israeli general accused of complicity in the Sabra and Shatila massacre
• Ido Yaron, an Israeli DJ and founder of Utopia Records
• Miriam Yaron, Miss Israel 1950

People with the first name "Jaron" include:

• Jaron Lanier, virtual reality pioneer
• Jaron Lowenstein, one half of the duo Evan and Jaron

See also

• Jerome

Yaron is also the name of the author of In The Beminding, an interpretation of the seven days of creation of the Book of Genesis.

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