In The Mystery of Light, his book about Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, Georg Feuerstein says that the name ‘Omraam’ is formed of two mantras, om and ram, which are well-known in India.
He states that:

• OM is the most sacred mantra of the Hindus, standing for the Absolute or the Divine, and
  
  
• RAM, the syllable, which was rendered as ‘raam’ in French to assist with the correct pronunciation, is the mantra denoting the fire element.
  
  

In the autobiographical work, A Living Book, Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov explains his initiatic name as follows: ‘Thus the name I was given in India, Omraam, corresponds to the two processes of solve and coagula of the alchemists: om dissolves all things, rendering them subtle, and raam materializes them, concretizes them. The name Omraam is therefore a whole process of concretization: the invisible, intangible idea that must incarnate on earth so that it can be seen and touched by the whole world.’