Armenian Surnames
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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61EtymologyArakelyan (Armenian: Առաքելյան) is a common Armenian surname meaning "son of Arakel". The root name Arakel derives from the Armenian verb arakel meaning "to send, to deliver,” and is also the root of the Armenia...
Avagyan (Armenian: Ավագյան) is a surname of Armenian origin. It means "son of Avag", where Avag itself derives from the Armenian word avag, meaning "senior, elder, chief". The name thus indicates a patrilineal descendant...
Avakian is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of Avagyan (Armenian: Ավագյան). The name derives from the Armenian word avag, meaning “senior, elder, chief,” and the suffix -ian (also written -yan), which mean...
Avetisyan is an Armenian surname derived from the given name Avetis. Meaning "son of Avetis," the -yan suffix is a common Armenian patronymic ending. The root name Avetis itself signifies "good news" in Armenian, a direc...
Baghdasaryan (Armenian: Բաղդասարյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Baghdasar", the Armenian form of Balthazar. The surname belongs to the widespread Armenian patronymic tradition where the suffix -yan or -ian de...
Baghdassarian is an alternate transcription of the Armenian surname Baghdasaryan, which derives from the given name Baghdasar. The name Baghdasar itself is the Armenian form of Balthazar, a name ultimately rooted in the...
EtymologyBarsamian is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of Parsamyan (Armenian: Պարսամյան). The name means "son of Parsam," where Parsam is a male given name of uncertain origin. According to the linguist H...
Bedrosian (Western Armenian: Պետրոսեան) is an alternate transcription of the Armenian surname Petrosyan (Eastern Armenian: Պետրոսյան), which means "son of Petros" (the Armenian form of Peter). The two forms reflect the d...
Boghosian is an Armenian surname particularly associated with Western Armenia. It is a Western Armenian transcription (sometimes spelled distinctly) of Poghosyan, the Eastern Armenian equivalent. Both are patronymic surn...
Darbinian is an alternative transcription of the Armenian surname Darbinyan (Դարբինյան), predominantly found in Eastern Armenian communities. The name is derived from the Armenian word darbin (դարբին), meaning "blacksmit...
Darbinyan (Eastern Armenian: Դարբինյան) is an Armenian patronymic surname derived from the Armenian word դարբին (darbin), meaning 'blacksmith'. The name was traditionally given to families whose ancestors worked as smith...
Davidyan is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of Դավթյան (Davtyan). The surname is patronymic, meaning "son of Davit," the Armenian form of David. The root name David derives from the Hebrew דָּוִד (Dawiḏ),...
Davtyan (Armenian: Դավթյան) is a common Armenian surname meaning "son of Davit", where Davit is the Armenian and Georgian form of the biblical name David. The root name David originates from the Hebrew דָּוִד (Dawiḏ), de...
Galstyan is an Armenian patronymic surname meaning "son of Galust". The root name Galust itself means "coming, arrival" in Armenian and can also derive from Հոգեգալուստ (Hogegalust), the Armenian word for "Pentecost", wh...
Garabedian is a Western Armenian transcription of the surname Karapetyan, both ultimately deriving from the given name Karapet. The name Karapet means “forerunner” or “precursor” in Armenian and is used to refer to John...
Gevorgian is an alternate transcription of the Armenian surname Gevorgyan (Գևորգյան), meaning "son of Gevorg," which itself is the Armenian form of George. The name thus ultimately derives from the Greek Georgios, a comp...
Etymology and OriginGevorgyan (also spelled Gevorgian, Gevorkian; Armenian: Գևորգյան) is an Armenian patronymic surname meaning "son of Gevorg." Gevorg is the Armenian form of George, which derives from the Greek name Ge...
Ghasabyan is an Armenian surname derived from the Armenian word ղասաբ (ghasab), meaning "butcher." This term itself originates from the Arabic word qaṣṣāb (قصاب), also meaning "butcher," reflecting historical linguistic...
EtymologyGhazaryan (Armenian: Ղազարյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Ghazar". Ghazar is the Armenian form of Lazarus, which itself derives from Hebrew Eleazar (אֶלְעָזָר, ʾElʿazar) meaning "God has helped", com...
Grigoryan is an Armenian surname derived from the given name Grigor, the Armenian form of Gregory. The name means "son of Grigor" and is the Eastern Armenian equivalent of Krikorian.Etymology and MeaningThe root of the n...
Hagopian is an Armenian surname, originating as an alternate transcription of Հակոբյան (Hakobyan). While Hakobyan is the standard modern transliteration, Hagopian reflects a common variant in the Roman alphabet, particul...
Hakobyan (Armenian: Հակոբյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Hakob," which is the Armenian form of Jacob (or James). As a patronymic surname, it is one of the most common Armenian last names, reflecting the histo...
Harutyunyan (Armenian: Հարությունյան, Western Armenian: Յարութիւնեան), also transliterated as Harutyunian, Haroutunian, Harutiunyan, or Arutyunyan, is an Armenian patronymic surname meaning "son of Harutyun."The given na...
Etymology and OriginHovanesian is an alternative transcription of the Armenian surname Hovhannisyan (Հովհաննիսյան), which means "son of Hovhannes." Hovhannes, in turn, is the Armenian form of the name John, ultimately fr...
Hovhannisyan is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Hovhannes." Hovhannes is the Armenian form of John, a name that derives from the Hebrew Yoḥanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious." As such, Hovhannisyan is a patronymic sur...
Karapetyan (Armenian: Կարապետյան, also spelled Garabedian in Western Armenian) is an Armenian patronymic surname meaning "son of Karapet." The root name Karapet derives from Armenian and refers to "forerunner, precursor,...
Kasabian is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of Ղասաբյան (see Ghasabyan). It is derived from the Armenian word ղասաբ (ghasab), meaning "butcher," which itself comes from Arabic. The suffix -yan is a common...
Kevorkian is a Western Armenian transcription of Gevorgyan, derived from the Armenian given name Gevorg, the Armenian form of George. The surname uses the Western Armenian pronunciation, where the initial 'G' is replaced...
Khachatrian is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of the Armenian Խաչատրյան (see Khachatryan). Like other variants such as Khachaturian and Khachaturyan, the name means "son of Khachatur" and is widely borne...
Khachatryan (Armenian: Խաչատրյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Khachatur". The root name Khachatur derives from Armenian elements meaning "cross" and "given," thus translating to "given by the cross"—a theophor...
Khachaturian is an alternate transcription of the Armenian surnames Khachaturyan (Խաչատուրյան) or Khachatryan (Խաչատրյան). These surnames are patronymic, meaning “son of Khachatur”, a given name that means “given by the...
Khachaturyan is an Armenian surname, a variant transcription of Khachatryan, which itself is a patronymic derived from the Armenian given name Khachatur.EtymologyThe root Khachatur means "given by the cross" in Armenian,...
Krikorian is an Armenian surname, a Western Armenian transcription of Grigoryan.EtymologyThe name is a patronymic, meaning "son of Krikor", the Armenian form of Gregory. The root Grigor is derived from Greek Gregorios, m...
Etymology Manukyan (Armenian: Մանուկյան) is a common Armenian surname. It is a patronymic, meaning "son of Manuk". The root Manuk itself comes from the Armenian word meaning "baby" or "child". In Western Armenian, the su...
Martirosyan (Armenian: Մարտիրոսյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Martiros", where Martiros is an Armenian given name meaning "martyr". Variants include Mardirosian and Mardirossian in Western Armenian, as well...
Matevosian is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of Armenian Մաթեւոսյան (Matevosyan), which means "son of Matevos. The personal name Matevos is the Armenian form of Matthew, which through Greek ultimately de...
Matevosyan is an Armenian patronymic surname meaning "son of Matevos." The name Matevos itself is the Armenian form of Matthew, which derives from the Greek Matthaios, a New Testament rendering of the Hebrew name Mattith...
Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Մկրտչյան) is a common Armenian surname meaning "son of Mkrtich." The name Mkrtich itself is derived from the Armenian word for "baptist," directly referencing John the Baptist. Thus, Mkrtchyan belong...
Mooshian is an alternate transcription of the Armenian surname Mushyan (Մուշյան), which originally denoted someone who came from the Armenian town of Mushi (now Muş in eastern Turkey). The name is a toponymic surname, re...
Mushyan is an Armenian surname of geographic origin, deriving from the town of Mush (also spelled Mushi) in the historic Armenian region of Taron, today located in present-day Turkey. The suffix -yan (or -ian) is a commo...
Nazaretian is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of the Armenian Նազարեթյան (see Nazaretyan). It is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Nazaret." The surname is relatively rare; in 2014, Forebears ranked it...
Nazaretyan is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Nazaret", derived from the personal name Nazaret, which itself originates from the town of Nazareth in Galilee. In Armenian onomastics, the suffix -yan (or -ian) is a pat...
Nazarian is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of Nazaryan (Armenian: Նազարյան). Its meaning roughly translates to “son of Nazar 1,” a given name that is itself a Russian, Ukrainian, Turkmen and Armenian for...
Nazaryan is an Armenian surname, meaning "son of Nazar 1." It is a patronymic name, common among Armenian families from both Armenia and Iran. The root of the name Nazar ultimately derives from the Latin name Nazarius, m...
Panossian is an Armenian surname that serves as an alternate transcription of Փանոսյան (see Panosyan). The name is patronymic in nature, tracing its origins to the given name Panos, a diminutive of the Greek name Panagio...
Panosyan is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Panos". The root name Panos is a diminutive of Panagiotis, which in turn derives from the Greek title Panagia ("all holy") for the Virgin Mary. Thus the surname ultimately...
Etymology Parsamyan (Armenian: Պարսամյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Parsam". The personal name Barsam (from which Parsam derives) is possibly of Assyrian origin, tracing back to Barsauma—a word meaning "fast...
Petrosyan is a common Armenian patronymic surname meaning "son of Petros", the Armenian form of Peter. The name Peter ultimately derives from the Greek Petros (Πέτρος), meaning "stone", a translation of the Aramaic name...
Poghosyan (also spelled Poghossian, Pogossyan, Poghosian, Pogosyan) is an Armenian surname. It is a patronymic meaning "son of Poghos", the Armenian form of Paul, which ultimately derives from the Latin Paulus, meaning "...
EtymologySahakyan (Armenian: Սահակյան) is a patronymic Armenian surname meaning "son of Sahak." It derives from the Armenian given name Sahak, which itself is the Armenian form of Isaac, a biblical name from Hebrew Yitzh...
Sargsyan (Armenian: Սարգսյան) is an Armenian surname meaning patronym "son of Sargis". Sargis itself is the Armenian form of the Latin name Sergius, which likely stems from an unknown Etruscan root, though sometimes link...
Sarkisian (also spelled Sargsyan) is an Armenian surname that originates from an alternate transcription of Armenian Սարգսյան, meaning "son of Sargis." The root of the name is the given name Sergius, a Roman family name...
Sarkissian is an alternate transcription of the Armenian surname Սարգսյան (Sargsyan). The name means "son of Sargis," where Sargis is the Armenian form of the Latin name Sergius. The root name Sergius is believed to be o...
Sarkisyan is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of Sargsyan, which means 'son of Sargis' in Armenian. The name Sargis itself is the Armenian form of Sergius, a Roman family name possibly meaning 'servant' in...
Simonyan (Armenian: Սիմոնյան), also transliterated as Simonjan, is an Armenian patronymic surname meaning "son of Simon". It is formed by adding the patronymic suffix -yan (or its variant -ian) to the base Simon, a commo...
Stepanyan (also commonly spelled Stepanian) is an Armenian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Stepan". The root name Stepan is the Russian, Ukrainian, and Armenian form of Stephanos, which in turn derives from the Greek...
Tarpinian is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of the Western Armenian form of the name Darbinyan, itself derived from the occupation of blacksmith. The root of the name is the Armenian word դարբին (darbin,...
Torosian is an Armenian surname, an alternate transcription of Torosyan, which originates from the given name Toros, the Armenian form of Theodore. The surname thus means "son of Toros" or "son of Theodore," following th...
EtymologyTorosyan (Armenian: Թորոսյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Toros." The root name Toros is the Armenian form of Theodore, which derives from the Greek Θεόδωρος (Theodoros), meaning "gift of god" — from...
Vardanyan (Armenian: Վարդանյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Vardan". It is a patronymic surname formed by adding the common Armenian suffix -yan (or -ian) to the given name Vardan. The name Vardan itself deriv...