Armenian
names are used in the country of Armenia in western Asia, as well as in Armenian diaspora communities throughout the world.
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ABAJIAN ArmenianThe surname Abjian is a patronymic from Turkish abacι ‘maker or seller of coarse woolen cloth or garments’, from aba ‘coarse woolen cloth’.
ABASYAN ArmenianThis is a last name. Abasyan's were Kings and Queens, having Kingdoms from the years 750-1280.
AGASSI Armenian, Persian, ItalianThe surname Agassi most likely evolved from a nickname for someone resembling a mappie, perhaps jokingly referred to as chattering or nagging person. ...
[more] AJEMIAN ArmenianPatronymic from Turkish
acem meaning ‘Persian’, ‘foreigner’, from Arabic
a’jam meaning ‘one who speaks Arabic incorrectly’.
BALIAN ArmenianPatronymic of uncertain origin, perhaps from Turkish bal ‘lord’, ‘master’, a word of Arabic origin.
BOYAJIAN Armenianpatronymic from an occupational name for a painter, from Turkish boyaci 'painter'.
DONABEDIAN ArmenianPatronymic from classical Armenian tōnapet meaning ‘head of a festival’.
GARABEDIAN ArmenianMeans "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.
GULIAN ArmenianArmenian surname with "Gul" translating in English as "rose" and ending in "ian," a common ending of an Armenian last name.
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] KARKAVANDIAN Armenian, IranianThose 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 Armenianthis name is believed to be a version of the name of a city called kashman
MARGARYAN ArmenianMeans "son of Margar" from a given name derived from Old Armenian մարգարէ
(margarē) "prophet".
MISAKIAN ArmenianAn Armenian surname meaning "descendant of
Misak."
Misak is the Armenian form of the Ancient Hebrew name
Meshach.
SAROUKHANIAN ArmenianHere is the combined words meaning of "Saroukhanian" surname: Sar(Armenian origin–սար– means: Mountain ) + u (Armenian origin –եւ– means :and )+ khan( խան _means: prince )+ yan (յան– a suffix for Armenian family names) and the combination of the words finally means The Mountain and Prince or The Prince օf Mountain
TAVITIAN ArmenianTavitian 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 ArmenianThe 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)...
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