ALMAST Ալմաստ f ArmenianMeans "diamond" in Armenian, ultimately from Persian.
ANI (2) Անի f ArmenianFrom the name of an old Armenian city, of unknown meaning. Now in eastern Turkey, in the 10th and 11th centuries it was the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia, though it was later abandoned and is now only ruins.
ANUSH Անուշ f ArmenianMeans "sweet" in Armenian. This was the name of an 1890 novel by the Armenia writer Hovhannes Tumanyan. It was adapted into an opera in 1912 by Armen Tigranian.
ARA Արա m Armenian, Armenian MythologyMeaning unknown, possibly of Sumerian origin. In Armenian legend this was the name of an Armenian king who was so handsome that the Assyrian queen Semiramis went to war to capture him. During the war Ara was slain.
ARARAT Արարատ m ArmenianFrom the name of a mountain in eastern Turkey (formerly part of Armenia), the place where
Noah's Ark came to rest according to the Old Testament.
ARAX Արաքս f ArmenianFrom the name of an Armenian river, also called the Aras.
AVAG Ավագ m ArmenianMeans "senior, elder, chief" in Armenian.
DANIEL Դանիէլ m English, Hebrew, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Armenian, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical GreekFrom the Hebrew name
דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge", from the roots
דִּין (din) meaning "to judge" and
אֵל ('el) meaning "God". Daniel was a Hebrew prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament. He lived during the Jewish captivity in Babylon, where he served in the court of the king, rising to prominence by interpreting the king's dreams. The book also presents Daniel's four visions of the end of the world.
... [more] EDUARD Էդուարդ m German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Romanian, Georgian, ArmenianForm of
EDWARD in various languages.
GOHAR Գոհար f ArmenianMeans "jewel" in Armenian, ultimately of Persian origin.
GURGEN Գուրգեն m Armenian, GeorgianDerived from Middle Persian
gurg "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several Georgian kings and princes.
HAMLET Համլետ m Literature, ArmenianAnglicized form of the Danish name
Amleth. Shakespeare used this name for the Prince of Denmark in his play 'Hamlet' (1600), which he based upon earlier Danish tales.
HAYK Հայկ m ArmenianProbably from the Armenian word
հայ (hay) meaning "Armenian", although some hold that the ethnic name is in fact derived from the given name. This was the name of the legendary forefather of the Armenian people, supposedly a great-great-grandson of
Noah.
LEVON Լեւոն m ArmenianArmenian form of
LEON. This was the name of several kings of Cilician Armenia, including the first king Levon I the Magnificent.
MARAL Մարալ f Azerbaijani, ArmenianMeans "deer" in Azerbaijani and Armenian, referring to the Caspian Red Deer, derived from Persian
مرال (maral).
NAREK Նարեկ m ArmenianFrom the name of a 10th-century Armenian saint, Grigor of Narek, who came from the town of Narek (formerly in Armenia, now in eastern Turkey).
NAZARET Նազարեթ f & m Spanish, ArmenianFrom Nazareth, the town in Galilee where
Jesus lived. This name is feminine in Spanish and masculine in Armenian.
NERSES Ներսէս m ArmenianArmenian form of
Narseh (see
NARSES). Saint Nerses was a 4th-century patriarch of the Armenian Church.
RUDOLF Ռուդոլֆ m German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Russian, ArmenianFrom the Germanic name
Hrodulf, which was derived from the elements
hrod "fame" and
wulf "wolf". It was borne by three kings of Burgundy, as well as several Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. Anthony Hope used this name for the hero in his popular novel 'The Prisoner of Zenda' (1894).
SAHAK Սահակ m ArmenianArmenian form of
ISAAC. This was the name of a 5th-century patriarch of the Armenian Church.
SEVAN Սեւան f & m ArmenianFrom the name of the largest lake in Armenia, which may be from the Urartian word
suinia simply meaning "lake".
TALIN Թալին f ArmenianFrom the name of an Armenian town (meaning unknown), which is home to a famous 7th-century cathedral.
VAHAGN Վահագն m Armenian Mythology, ArmenianFrom Avestan
Verethragna meaning "breaking of defense, victory". In Armenian mythology this was the name of the heroic god of war.
VARDAN Վարդան m ArmenianDerived from Armenian
վարդ (vard) meaning "rose", ultimately from Persian.
ZABEL Զաբել f ArmenianArmenian form of
ISABEL. A 13th-century ruling queen of Cilician Armenia bore this name.