 Presley's middle name was originally "Aron" on his birth certificate and pronounced /ærən/ ("a-ran" as in "arrow") by his parents to rhyme with his stillborn brother's name, Garon.Presley later legally amended his middle name to be spelt "Aaron" to match the English biblical Aaron, but without changing the pronunciation.Naming children after Presley effectively created an alternative de facto pronunciation which can now be found in the Oxford "American" English Dictionary, along with /eɪrɪn/ ('ay-rin' as in "A to Z") which is heard in the American deep south.