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The Ayoun Family
Write the Great Bookעיון
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Ayoun lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Common Algerian surname, particularly in the Oran region. Family of academics and historians (Richard Ayoun, historian of the Jews of Algeria). Meaning of the name: of the Beni Ayoun (valley of the Oued Chegg El Ard), in Berber — source: Dafina, “Les noms des Juifs du Maroc”.
Geographic origin: Oran / Tlemcen
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Ayoun — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/ayounVariants of the name (28)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin27
BenhayounBenaiounOuhiounBouhayounBen HayunHayonBen HaiounHaounHaiouneHaiounBenayonAïounBenhayonBenhaiounOuayonneBenyahounBen AiounHayounHAZONBENHAKOUNBENAYANBENAIONBENHANONBENHAQOUNHANONBENHAYANBENYAOUN
עברית · Hebrew1
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Notable figures
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Richard Ayoun
Historien des juifs d'Algérie
In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Ayoun.
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Works & texts (3)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
1982
Les Juifs d'Algérie. Deux mille ans d'histoire
Richard Ayoun
Livre de Richard Ayoun. (1982)
1999
Un Grand rabbin au XIXe siècle : Mahir Charleville 1814-1888
Richard Ayoun
Livre de Richard Ayoun. (1999)
2012
Le Zohar, aux origines de la mystique juive
Maurice-Ruben Hayoun
Livre de Maurice-Ruben Hayoun. (2012)
Notable figures of the lineage
Places along the journey
Communities crossed
The days of this book
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Bibliography
- Abraham I. Laredo, Les Noms des Juifs du Maroc, CSIC, Madrid (1978)
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#maghrebine#oran#historien#algerie#lieu-geo-auto