Armenian Submitted Surnames

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

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

ABRAHAMIAN Armenian
Variant transcription of Abrahamyan.

ABRAHAMYAN Armenian
Means "son of Abraham".

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

ADAMYAN Armenian
Means "son of Adam".

AGASSI Armenian, 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]

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

ALEKSANYAN Armenian
Means "son of Aleksan".

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

ANDONIAN Armenian
Patronymic from the personal name Anton.

ANDRANIAN Armenian

ARABIAN Armenian
Patronymic from the ethnic term arab ‘Arab’.

ARAKELYAN Armenian
Means "son of Arakel".

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

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

ASLANYAN Armenian
Means "son of Aslan".

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

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

BABAYAN Armenian
Derived from Turkish baba meaning "father".

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

BARTHEVIAN Armenian (Anglicized, Rare)

BOGHOSIAN Armenian
Means "son of BOGHOS".

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

DADRIAN Armenian

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

DANIELYAN Armenian
Means "son of Daniel".

DAVIDIAN Armenian
Patronymic from the personal name David.

DERIAN Armenian
Patronymic from classical Armenian tēr meaning ‘lord’.

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

GARABEDIAN Armenian
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.

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

GASPARYAN Armenian
Means "son of Gaspar".

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

GHAZARYAN Armenian
Means "son of Lazar".

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

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

HACHADORIAN Armenian

HARUTYUNYAN Armenian
Means "son of Harutyun".

HAYRAPETYAN Armenian
Means "son of Hayrapet".

HOVAKIMYAN Armenian
Means "son of Hovakim".

HOVHANNISIAN Armenian (Rare)
Variant transcription of Hovhannisyan.

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

HOVSEPYAN Armenian
Means "son of Hovsep".

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

KARAPETYAN Armenian
Means "son of Karapet".

KARDASHIAN Armenian (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]

KARDASHYAN Armenian
Variant transcription of Kardashian.

KARKAVANDIAN Armenian, 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]

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

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

KHACHATRYAN Armenian
Means "son of Khachatur".

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

MANUKYAN Armenian
Means "son of Manuk".

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

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

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

MARKOSYAN Armenian
Means "son of Markos".

MARTIROSYAN Armenian
Means "son of Martiros".

MATEVOSYAN Armenian
Means "son of Matevos".

MINASYAN Armenian
Means "son of Minas".

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

MISSIRLIAN Armenian

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

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

MKRTCHYAN Armenian
Means "son of Mkrtich".

NAJARIAN Armenian
Means "son of a carpenter" in Armeanian

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

NEWCOMER Armenian

ODJAKJIAN Armenian

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

PERIKHANYAN Armenian
Means "son of Perikhan".

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

POGHOSYAN Armenian
Means "son of Poghos".

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

SAHAKIAN Armenian
Variant of Sahagian.

SAHAKYAN Armenian
Means "son of Sahak".

SALTI Greek, Armenian

SARAFIAN Armenian
Patronymic from Arabic ̣saraf ‘money changer’, ‘banker’.

SARGIS Armenian
From the given name Sargis.

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

SIMONYAN Armenian
Means "son of Simon (1)".

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

STEPANYAN Armenian
Means "son of Stepan".

TADEVOSYAN Armenian
Means "son of Tadevos".

TAMASIAN Armenian

TAVITIAN Armenian
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-GRIGORYAN Armenian
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]

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

VARTANYAN Armenian
Variant transcription of Vardanyan.

YEGHIAZARYAN Armenian
Means "son of Yeghiazar".

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

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

ZAKARYAN Armenian
Means "son of Zakar".