Message: "Armenian Surnames"

[Surname] Armenian Surnames

by Elf-Boy Dominic (guest)

7/3/2010, 1:47 PM

does anyone know the meaning of any of these names?

Egoyan
Khanjian
Gorky

Alpay--I'm not sure if Alpay is Armenian, I'm just guessing.

#Armenian

Replies

- bibliocat

7/27/2010, 5:16 PM

Bedrosian...means "son of Bedros".

- Jim Young (guest) +2

7/4/2010, 3:12 AM

Egoyan - don't know. The film director Atom Egoyan's surname was originally spelt Yeghoyan. It may be from a given name. The -ian/ -yan ending is the the common Armenian surname ending.

Khanjian - looks like it might denote descent from an innkeeper, probably from the Turkish hanci (pronounced hanji). Occupation-based Armenian surnames are often from the Turkish.

Gorky is not an Armenian name. The original name of the Armenian painter Arshile Gorky was Vostanik Adoyan. Gorky is Russian for "bitter".

Alpay looks Turkish.

- Marc (guest) +1

7/4/2010, 10:48 AM

According to the information at http://armenian.name/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=2605, Yegho is short for Yeghiazar which is proposed to be from the Hebrew name Heleazar, more commonly written Eleazar, which means 'God has helped'.

- Elf-Boy Dominic (guest)

7/5/2010, 10:58 AM

Re:Armenian Surnames

Thanks!!

View Message

Replies