Armenian Family names

[Crissy]

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.

[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.

[Ari]

Re: Armenian Family names

why am i not minassian ?

lol

[Jen]

Re: Armenian Family names

Im
Kassabian...
regular old ian...

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

[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...

[ARK]

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yeah, but they spell it with one "S"

i forgot to tell u but u might know that kassab in persian means butcher !that's intersting.

[ArmenianKid]

Re: Armenian Family names

there is an english band called Kassabian.

yeah, but they spell it with one "S"

[ARK]

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.

yeah u r right it is persian there r a lot of iranians whose familynames end in ian but most of the time it is distinguishable if the route of the word is persian.(for example, they got mansurian, khodabakhshian, manucherian,... just as we do!

[ARK]

Re: Armenian Family names

Im
Kassabian...
regular old ian...

there is an english band called Kassabian.

[ARK]

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

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