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“Aghion” or “Agion” is the transliteration of the Greek word for “holy”, and is considered to be the equivalent of the Hebrew name “Kadosh”.<ref name= ANU>{{cite web |title= Family Names of the Jews of Egypt |date= April 12, 2020 |publisher=[[Anu – Museum of the Jewish People]] |url= https://www.anumuseum.org.il/blog/names-egypt/ |access-date= 13 October 2025}}</ref> |
“Aghion” or “Agion” is the transliteration of the Greek word for “holy”, and is considered to be the equivalent of the Hebrew name “Kadosh”.<ref name= ANU>{{cite web |title= Family Names of the Jews of Egypt |date= April 12, 2020 |publisher=[[Anu – Museum of the Jewish People]] |url= https://www.anumuseum.org.il/blog/names-egypt/ |access-date= 13 October 2025}}</ref> |
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Israeli scholar {{ill|Meir Benayahu|he|מאיר בניהו}} wrote in the 1970s in the journal [[Sefunot (journal)| ”Sefunot”]] that the name goes back to the Jews of the medieval Spanish village of [[Ayllón]], located one hundred and forty kilometres (c. 90 miles) north of Madrid, on the route to France.<ref name= FlO>{{cite magazine |last= Aghion |first= Fabio |title= Aghion Family Saga |magazine= FOSKC Newsletter |issue= 7 |
Israeli scholar {{ill|Meir Benayahu|he|מאיר בניהו}} wrote in the 1970s in the journal [[Sefunot (journal)| ”Sefunot”]] that the name goes back to the Jews of the medieval Spanish village of [[Ayllón]], located one hundred and forty kilometres (c. 90 miles) north of Madrid, on the route to France.<ref name= FlO>{{cite magazine |last= Aghion |first= Fabio |title= Aghion Family Saga |magazine= FOSKC Newsletter |issue= 7 July 2021 |publisher= Friends of St Kilda Cemetery |via= Les Fleurs de l’Orient Website – Jewish Genealogy of the Middle East |url= https://www.farhi.org/Documents/The%20Aghion%20Saga%20by%20FABIO%20Aghion%20in%20friends%20of%20st%20kilda%20cemetery%20newsletter%207%202021.pdf |access-date= 13 October 2025}}</ref><ref name= AAB>{{cite magazine |last= Brooks |first= Andrée Aelion |title= What’s in a Name? |magazine=[[Hadassah Magazine]] |publisher=[[Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization of America]] |issue= February/March 2015 |url= https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2015/02/17/whats-name/ |access-date= 13 October 2025}}</ref> They were [[Expulsion of Jews from Spain| expelled from Spain in 1492]], and for centuries used the name of the village they had been forced to leave. With time the name took a number of new forms, evolving from Ayllón to Aelyon, Aelion, and Aghion.<ref name= AAB/> Benayahu considered it probable that they were all part of one extended family.<ref name= AAB/> |
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Investigations made by the family led to the conclusion that after 1492, their forebears settled in [[Thessaloniki]] (back then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]], now in Greece), later moving to [[Amsterdam]] and, from 1775, the majority of them lived in [[Ottoman Egypt]].<ref name= Van>{{cite news |last= Martín |first= Aurelio |title= Sefardíes con apellido Ayllón tras las huellas de sus antepasados en Segovia |lang= sp |trans-title= Sephardim with the surname Ayllón following in the footsteps of their ancestors in Segovia |date= 27 April 2014 |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |url= https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20140427/54406391552/sefardies-con-apellido-ayllon-tras-las-huellas-de-sus-antepasados-en-segovia.html |access-date= 14 October 2025}}</ref> The 1948 establishment of [[Israel]] led to a new exodus in the 1950s, spreading the family across a dozen countries around the world.<ref name= Van/> |
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The Jewish community of modern Egypt enjoyed a period of particular growth from the mid-19th century to the 1950s, flourishing during that century.<ref name= ANU/> Among the Sephardic Jews who prospered in [[Alexandria]] during those years was Edward Aghion, whose [[Jerusalem]] villa eventually became the official residence of the Israeli prime minister.<ref name= ANU/> |
The Jewish community of modern Egypt enjoyed a period of particular growth from the mid-19th century to the 1950s, flourishing during that century.<ref name= ANU/> Among the Sephardic Jews who prospered in [[Alexandria]] during those years was Edward Aghion, whose [[Jerusalem]] villa eventually became the official residence of the Israeli prime minister.<ref name= ANU/> |
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Aghion is a Sephardic Jewish surname.
“Aghion” or “Agion” is the transliteration of the Greek word for “holy”, and is considered to be the equivalent of the Hebrew name “Kadosh”.[1]
Israeli scholar Meir Benayahu wrote in the 1970s in the journal Sefunot that the name goes back to the Jews of the medieval Spanish village of Ayllón, located one hundred and forty kilometres (c. 90 miles) north of Madrid, on the route to France.[2][3] They were expelled from Spain in 1492, and for centuries used the name of the village they had been forced to leave. With time the name took a number of new forms, evolving from Ayllón to Aelyon, Aelion, and Aghion.[3] Benayahu considered it probable that they were all part of one extended family.[3]
Investigations made by the family led to the conclusion that after 1492, their forebears settled in Thessaloniki (back then part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece), later moving to Amsterdam and, from 1775, the majority of them lived in Ottoman Egypt.[4] The 1948 establishment of Israel led to a new exodus in the 1950s, spreading the family across a dozen countries around the world.[4]
The Jewish community of modern Egypt enjoyed a period of particular growth from the mid-19th century to the 1950s, flourishing during that century.[1] Among the Sephardic Jews who prospered in Alexandria during those years was Edward Aghion, whose Jerusalem villa eventually became the official residence of the Israeli prime minister.[1]
Notable people bearing the surname
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- Anne Aghion (born 1960), French-American documentary filmmaker
- Edward Aghion (1883-1956), Jewish businessman from Egypt, later in Israel; Beit Aghion, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Israel, is named for him.[1]
- Gabriel Aghion (born 1955), French film director
- Gaby Aghion (born 1921), French fashion designer
- Philippe Aghion (born 1956), French economist and Nobel Prize winner; son of Gaby
