Origin of Armenian Surnames

[Federate]

Re: Origin of Armenian Surnames

I'll be following the draft today, Kassian, eh? If he is good, he should go to a real NHL city! Kings indeed! I think we should be promoting these guys. Let's start a Zach & Zack fan club. With local chapters in each NHL city.

I wonder if Kassian is a descendant of one of the Georgetown Boys. Those young men carried out a rebelion against their teachers because they didn't want to change their Armenian Names. It was all they had in a new land.
If Kassian is a descendant, that would make quite a story. But, he went to Buffulo.

Not sure if Sasun will ever read this but Zack Kassian is NOT Armenian. He denied it in past interviews.

[Sasun]

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Well Federate, I finally did. I believe he said he was Irish. So we'll have to believe and accept that. However, I had a similar experience with a coleague some years past. He claimed to be Irish and I prompted him to look further into his family background. He had a very interesting story to tell. It turns out that his family WAS of Armenian origin, which, over the centuries had finally settled in Ireland. The same might apply to Kassian.

[WORLDpeace]

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I have two questions:

1) tatul avOYAN, vle khalOYAN, armen alOYAN... etc.
It's thought that these singers are of Yezidi origin. I've realized that many Yezidi surnames end with an -OYAN. Am I thinking too much into it, or are these surnames truly indicative that the name holder is of Yezidi origin?

2) I've seen many variants of my last name: Peloshyan, Piloshyan, Pilosyan, Piloyan. Does anyone know what "Pelosh" or "Pilosh" means exactly?

[Artashes]

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my Grandfathers last name on a certificate (military?) and death certificate is Hamparian. But when I was a child he once told me his name was Ham...par...sunian. I think he was telling me something. Can anyone explain this ? / Artashes