Armenian Family names

[Jen]

Re: Armenian Family names

my mom is Minassian as well, aren't we relatives?

Another Minassian here...maybe we are all related...

Actually Minassian was my grandpa's cousin last name and when they fled Armenia they decided to switch names (no one knows the reason)...my last name should be Ichkhanian, not Minassian, but since we were all family at first place, I don't really mind...

[Jen]

Re: Armenian Family names

Im
Kassabian...
regular old ian...

Btw my cousins of second degree are Kassabian also...

[Ari]

Re: Armenian Family names

why am i not minassian ?

lol

[TomServo]

Re: Armenian Family names

why am i not minassian ?

lol

Because your parents were from Istanbul. The Turks do not pronounce "ian" like in English or French, and instead they write it as "yan," and that is why your father's surname was written as Minasyan.

[Crissy]

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wel I am HaroutiounIAN, but when my grandfather was born, our surname was Pour-Harutun or Pur-Harutun not sure how they spelled it, somewhere along the line before my grandfather got married had kids he changed our last name to Haroutiounian.

my cousins surname is Arzumani they were born in Kuwait.

[karoaper]

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I'm Khelagarian, not my original last name, I had it changed to better suit my personallity.

[karoaper]

Re: Armenian Family names

wel I am HaroutiounIAN, but when my grandfather was born, our surname was Pour-Harutun or Pur-Harutun not sure how they spelled it, somewhere along the line before my grandfather got married had kids he changed our last name to Haroutiounian.

my cousins surname is Arzumani they were born in Kuwait.

I wonder if Pour was an influence from another language, never seen that before. Kosht r-e er de papuk?

[Crissy]

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what the?? didn't get the last bit of your post!

not sure where pour comes from I'll ask again tonight at home, one of my dad's sisters is still using Pur-Hartun. beats the long way we spell it I suppose.

[ARK]

Re: Armenian Family names

what the?? didn't get the last bit of your post!

not sure where pour comes from I'll ask again tonight at home, one of my dad's sisters is still using Pur-Hartun. beats the long way we spell it I suppose.

The word pour is Persian and in some Persian family names u can find it at the beginning or at the end of it( sth+pour or pour+sth) and it is pronounced “r” kosht like the Italian r.

[karoaper]

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The word pour is Persian and in some Persian family names u can find it at the beginning or at the end of it( sth+pour or pour+sth) and it is pronounced “r” kosht like the Italian r.

ha, interesting, thanks