# Yaron

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**Yaron** (Hebrew: יָרוֹן) is a [Hebrew name](/source/Hebrew_name) meaning "is full of joy", "will be full of joy", or "to shout, to sing".[1][2] It is common in [Israel](/source/Israel) as both a male first name and a surname. Its English-language equivalent is [Jaron](/source/Jaron).

Notable people with the **first name** Yaron include:

- [Yaron Brook](/source/Yaron_Brook) (born 1961), Israeli-American entrepreneur, writer, and activist, former CEO of the Ayn Rand Institute
- [Yaron Brown](/source/Yaron_Brown) (born 1958), Israeli soccer player
- [Yaron Golan](/source/Yaron_Golan) (1949–2007), Israeli publisher
- [Yaron Herman](/source/Yaron_Herman) (born 1981), Israeli-French jazz pianist
- [Yaron Kohlberg](/source/Yaron_Kohlberg) (born 1983), Israeli classical pianist
- [Yaron Lifschitz](/source/Yaron_Lifschitz) (born 1970), Australian theatre director
- [Yaron Lischinsky](/source/Yaron_Lischinsky), German-Israeli victim of a 2025 shooting
- [Yaron London](/source/Yaron_London) (born 1940), Israeli media personality
- [Yaron Margolin](/source/Yaron_Margolin) (born 1954), Israeli dancer and choreographer
- [Yaron Matras](/source/Yaron_Matras) (born 1963), British linguist
- [Yaron Svoray](/source/Yaron_Svoray), Israeli author and investigative journalist
- [Yaron Traub](/source/Yaron_Traub) (born 1964), Israeli conductor and pianist
- [Yaron Zilberman](/source/Yaron_Zilberman) (born 1966), Israeli film director
- [Yarone Zober](/source/Yarone_Zober) (born 1975), Israeli-American politician and acting mayor, for a time, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Notable people with the **surname** Yaron include:

- [Amos Yaron](/source/Amos_Yaron) (born 1940), Israeli general accused of complicity in the [Sabra and Shatila massacre](/source/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre)
- [Hagit Messer Yaron](/source/Hagit_Messer_Yaron) (born 1953), Israeli electrical engineer, businesswoman, and President of Open University of Israel
- Ido Yaron, Israeli DJ and founder of [Utopia Records](/source/Utopia_Records)
- Miriam Yaron, [Miss Israel](/source/Miss_Israel) 1950

## See also

- [Jaron](/source/Jaron)
- [Jerome](/source/Jerome_(given_name))

## References

1. Campbell, Mike. ["Meaning, origin and history of the name Yaron"](http://www.behindthename.com/name/yaron). *Behind the Name*. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

1. Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter & Guggenheimer, Eva Auguste Horowitz (1992). [*Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_dQP4nHgyVUC&pg=PA352). Hoboken, N.J: [KTAV Publishing House](/source/KTAV_Publishing_House). p. 352. ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2. [OCLC 25093664](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25093664). Retrieved 29 June 2019.

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