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  • #11
    Mine is nice and easy to pronounce, somewhat Britishised, and they often don't even use it, because I have 2 last names, the dash type thing...

    jahannam, your last name sounds familiar.. hmm lol.. are u from Lebanon by any chance?

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    • #12
      Originally posted by jahannam
      can't beat DEKERMENJIAN.
      lol
      yup
      that would be my last name in English.
      terrible.
      yeah that sounds really familiar....

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      • #13
        Originally posted by dstyle a little off topic, well not really, i was at the hawaii vs usc fball game this year, and on the hawaii team there was a player with a last name that sounded armenian. and he was playing defense so he kept getting burned so it would be like mike williams 12 yards on edgarian. im like wow thats cool. but it came out 2 be edgariam or something, but it made me pay attention to that guy 10 times more.
        haha Yeah, it's a black dude named Abraham Elimimian.

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        • #14
          thx hogg. that game was great by the way.

          our families last name has changed 3 times that we know of, so basically in the last 100 years. wierd.

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          • #15
            Originally posted by Darorinag

            jahannam, your last name sounds familiar.. hmm lol.. are u from Lebanon by any chance?
            hellno.
            Haleb all the way.
            lol

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            • #16
              Proud Halebtsi in the house huh. LOL

              I love my last name because i'm always at the end. unless theres a chineese guy Zyan chun cham.


              and its cool if you have a unique last name because everyone with the same name seems to be a relative.

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              • #17
                Originally posted by Inna
                i have always wandered this and nobody has ever given me an exact answer...so maybe ya'll can help me

                why is it that most (almost all) Armenian last names end with a
                -yan or -ian?

                another question: my last name ends with -ts, well it ends with -iants, but how come mine ends with -ts rather then just -ian, does anybody know any history behind it?

                and don't say that my last name is the only last name that ends with -ts, b/c one of my very close friends (who is Armenian) last name also ends with -ts and i've heard and read of several other Armenians whose last name ends with -ts or -tz

                please solve the mystery
                I remember I had a friend with Fatahi last name. She is Armenian and she said the reason is b/c her great grand father changed the last name to this so they could escape from Turks. I guess this can happen too.

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                • #18
                  I have the longest armenian last name...

                  I wish it was something like Smith, or Kim or something equally non-recongnizable =/

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                  • #19
                    A lot of Istanbul-Armenians (or "bolsahye") have last names that end in 'oglu'. Either that or they have removed their 'ian' or 'yan' to avoid Turkish prejudice. Most of them change it back when they immigrate to other countries.

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                    • #20
                      Originally posted by TomServo
                      A lot of Istanbul-Armenians (or "bolsahye") have last names that end in 'oglu'. Either that or they have removed their 'ian' or 'yan' to avoid Turkish prejudice. Most of them change it back when they immigrate to other countries.
                      Tom Servoglu.
                      Achkerov kute.

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