Armenian Family names

[ArmenianKid]

Re: Armenian Family names

Im
Kassabian...
regular old ian...

[Կարմիր Բ]

Re: Armenian Family names

The ian suffix find its origins to Iran. It is originally Persian, as far as I know. But after the Arab conquest, most Persians lost it, while we Armenians kept the tradition.

Originally Armenian names ended in uni, like Bagratuni, Artzuni etc.

[Ari]

Re: Armenian Family names

yeah iam minasyan

i know alot of ppl with turkish names like karabullut and karakis and tepeli that had to convert in turkey. my uncle has 4 different surnames on his passport his surname was artinian

i dont know why he didnt change it back once he came back to australia

[Fedayeen]

Re: Armenian Family names

Nah I'm YAN...Hakobyan...unlike some people who have Akopian...

Hey at least they kept the Ian or Yan...thats all that matters to me, unlike many people who change their names...

[semi]

hello all.. im new here
armenians are usually known by their family names, which ends in ian. Most of the armenian families end with ian, what about the ones not ending in ian(includes mine).
I've heard many stories about that.. one of them is that because they are old armenians, and that the second name of all old armenians doesn't end with ian(that's what ppl told me).another one is that because people having these family names used to work in turkey and have removed the ian so that they aren't distinguished and bad treated.i don't know if any of these is true or not.
P.S all the families that don't end with ian are armenian catholic.
Please if u know about it, post replies.. cause i need the real true story.
Thx