Etymology

Joran

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Today it means: A male given name. Full definition →

Dutch Joran ← Hebrew יוֹרָם ← Norwegian Jøran
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The story

  1. Swedish · borrowed fromJöran
  2. Norwegian · borrowed fromJøran
  3. Hebrew · derived fromיוֹרָם
  4. Dutch · borrowed fromJoran
  5. English todayJoran

* From Dutch Joran, possibly a variant of Joram, from Hebrew יוֹרָם, a contracted form of יְהוֹרָם (yehorám, “Jehoram”). * From Norwegian Jøran and Swedish Jöran, related to English George.

Words from the same roots

Hebrewיוֹרָם all →

joram

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