Behind the Name: Armenian Submitted Surnames

Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

ABAJIANArmenian
The surname Abjian is a patronymic from Turkish abacι‎ ‘maker or seller of coarse woolen cloth or garments’, from aba ‘coarse woolen cloth’.

ABASYANArmenian
This is a last name. Abasyan's were Kings and Queens, having Kingdoms from the years 750-1280.

ABRAHAMIANArmenian
Variant transcription of Abrahamyan.

ABRAHAMYANArmenian
Means "son of Abraham".

ADAMIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Adamyan used by Armenians living outside of Armenia.

ADAMYANArmenian
Means "son of Adam".

AGASSIArmenian, Persian, Italian
The surname Agassi most likely evolved from a nickname for someone resembling a mappie, perhaps jokingly referred to as chattering or nagging person. ... [more]

AJEMIANArmenian
Patronymic from Turkish acem meaning ‘Persian’, ‘foreigner’, from Arabic a’jam meaning ‘one who speaks Arabic incorrectly’.

ALEKSANYANArmenian
Means "son of Aleksan".

ALEXANIANArmenian
Variant transcription of Aleksanyan, meaning "son of Aleksan" in Armenian.

ANDONIANArmenian
Patronymic from the personal name Anton.

ANDRANIANArmenian

ARABIANArmenian
Patronymic from the ethnic term arab ‘Arab’.

ARAKELYANArmenian
Means "son of Arakel".

ARUSTAMYANArmenian
Means "son of Arustam", from a given name derived from a combination of the names Ara and Rustam.

ASLANIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Aslanyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

ASLANYANArmenian
Means "son of Aslan".

AZARIANArmenian
Patronymic, apparently from Turkish Azar ‘March’, but more probably from a first name Azaria, from Hebrew ’Azariāh ‘God’s help’.

BABAIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Babayan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

BABAYANArmenian
Derived from Turkish baba meaning "father".

BALIANArmenian
Patronymic of uncertain origin, perhaps from Turkish bal ‘lord’, ‘master’, a word of Arabic origin.

BARTHEVIANArmenian (Anglicized, Rare)

BOGHOSIANArmenian
Means "son of BOGHOS".

BOYAJIANArmenian
patronymic from an occupational name for a painter, from Turkish boyaci 'painter'.

DADRIANArmenian

DANIELIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Danielyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

DANIELYANArmenian
Means "son of Daniel".

DAVIDIANArmenian
Patronymic from the personal name David.

DERIANArmenian
Patronymic from classical Armenian tēr meaning ‘lord’.

DONABEDIANArmenian
Patronymic from classical Armenian tōnapet meaning ‘head of a festival’.

GARABEDIANArmenian
Means "son of Garabed", an Armenian personal name meaning literally "leader, precursor" and traditionally used as an epithet of John the Baptist in the Armenian church.

GASPARIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Gasparyan used by Armenians living outside of Armenia.

GASPARYANArmenian
Means "son of Gaspar".

GHAZARIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant of Ghazaryan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

GHAZARYANArmenian
Means "son of Lazar".

GRIGORIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Grigoryan used by Armenians living outside of Armenia.

GRIGORYANArmenian
Means "son of Grigor". This is one of the most common surnames in Armenia.

HACHADORIANArmenian

HARUTYUNYANArmenian
Means "son of Harutyun".

HAYRAPETYANArmenian
Means "son of Hayrapet".

HOVAKIMYANArmenian
Means "son of Hovakim".

HOVHANNISIANArmenian (Rare)
Variant transcription of Hovhannisyan.

HOVSEPIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Hovsepyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

HOVSEPYANArmenian
Means "son of Hovsep".

KARAPETIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Karapetyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

KARAPETYANArmenian
Means "son of Karapet".

KARDASHIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Means "son of the stonemason" frm Armenian քարտաշ (kʿartaš) meaning "stonecutter, stonemason" combined with the suffix -յան (-yan) denoting descent. Notable bearers include the Armenian-American Kardashian family with Robert Kardashian (1944-2003), a former businessman and Kimberly "Kim" Kardashian (1980-), a television personality and socialite.... [more]

KARDASHYANArmenian
Variant transcription of Kardashian.

KARKAVANDIANArmenian, Iranian
Those belonging to the Karkevand/Garkevand district of Iran who are most likely of Armenian origin. Typical modern Armenian last names end with the originally patronymic suffix -յան or -եան, transliterated as -yan, -ian, or less often '-jan'... [more]

KASHMANIANArmenian
this name is believed to be a version of the name of a city called kashman

KASPARIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant of Gasparyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

KHACHATRYANArmenian
Means "son of Khachatur".

MANUKIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Manukyan used by Armenians living outside of Armenia.

MANUKYANArmenian
Means "son of Manuk".

MARGARYANArmenian
Means "son of Margar" from a given name derived from Old Armenian մարգարէ (margarē) "prophet".

MARGOSIANArmenian
patronymic from the personal name Margos, Armenian form of Mark.

MARKARIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Margaryan used by Armenians living outside of Armenia.

MARKOSYANArmenian
Means "son of Markos".

MARTIROSYANArmenian
Means "son of Martiros".

MATEVOSYANArmenian
Means "son of Matevos".

MINASYANArmenian
Means "son of Minas".

MISAKIANArmenian
An Armenian surname meaning "descendant of Misak." Misak is the Armenian form of the Ancient Hebrew name Meshach.

MISSIRLIANArmenian

MKHITARYANArmenian
From Armenian Mxitʿar combined with -յան (-yan), a patronymic suffix. ... [more]

MKRTCHIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Mkrtchyan used by Armenians living outside of Armenia.

MKRTCHYANArmenian
Means "son of Mkrtich".

NAJARIANArmenian
Means "son of a carpenter" in Armeanian

NALBANDIANArmenian
From the word նալբանդ (nalband) meaning "one who makes horse shoes".

NEWCOMERArmenian

ODJAKJIANArmenian

OHANIANArmenian
Patronymic from the personal name Ohannes, Armenian equivalent of John.

PETROSIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Petrosyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

POGHOSYANArmenian
Means "son of Poghos".

SAHAGIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Sahakyan used by Armenians living outside of Armenia.

SAHAKIANArmenian
Variant of Sahagian.

SAHAKYANArmenian
Means "son of Sahak".

SALTIGreek, Armenian

SARAFIANArmenian
Patronymic from Arabic ̣saraf ‘money changer’, ‘banker’.

SARGISArmenian
From the given name Sargis.

SIMONIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Simonyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

SIMONYANArmenian
Means "son of Simon (1)".

STEPANIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Stepanyan used by Armenians living outside of Armenia.

STEPANYANArmenian
Means "son of Stepan".

TADEVOSYANArmenian
Means "son of Tadevos".

TAMASIANArmenian

TAVITIANArmenian
Tavitian is an Armenian surname that means "son of David," the equivalent of Davidson or Davidian. Notable people with this surname include the French game designer Bernard Tavitian, Romanian musician Harry Tavitian, and the fictional character from the television show "Grimm," Hans Tavitian.

TER-GRIGORYANArmenian
The surname Grigoryan derives from the name Grigor, which is Armenian pronunciation of the name Gregory (it derives from Greek word, γρηγορος, and means 'watchful', 'alert'). Adding to the name the prefix Ter- is the way people call the priests in Armenia (in English often the word "Father" is used instead)... [more]

VARDANIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Vardanyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

VARTANYANArmenian
Variant transcription of Vardanyan.

YEGHIAZARYANArmenian
Means "son of Yeghiazar".

YESAYANArmenian
Means "son of Yesay", the Armenian form of Isaiah.

ZAKARIANArmenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Zakaryan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

ZAKARYANArmenian
Means "son of Zakar".

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