Some of my favorites:
- Baghdasar: From Assyrian name Baltasar which means "bliss" or "secretly collecting". The short forms are Baghdik, Baghdo, Bghdeh, Paghdik etc. We also have the surnames Baghdasaryan, Baghdoyan.
- Eduard: From French name Edouard which means "property watcher", "watchman". It came by means of literature. The short forms are Edvard, Edik.
- Ishkhan: From Armenian ishkhan "prince". The diminutive form is Ishkhanik; the corresponding surname is Ishkhanyan. (I always liked this name.)
- Lentrush: Is formed from the first letters of the names of Lenin and his revolutionary inheritors. Later it changed into Lendrosh (Lenin+drosh "flag").

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