Gevorgyan
Gevorgyan or Gevorgian, sometimes also spelled Gevorkian (Armenian: Գեվորգյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Gevork", the equivalent of "son of George" (compare English Georgeson). The Western Armenian equivalent is Kevorkian.
Gevorgyan can refer to the following people:
Persons
- Ara Gevorgyan (born 1960), an Armenian musician
- Arayik Gevorgyan (born 1973), an Armenian Freestyle wrestler
- Arsen Gevorgyan (born 1975), an Armenian judoka
- Artur Gevorgyan (born 1975), an Armenian-American boxer
- Edgar Gevorgyan (born 1982), an Armenian weightlifter
- Maria Gevorgyan (born 1994), an Armenian chess player
- Nahapet Gevorgyan (born 1957), an Armenian politician
- Pavel Gevorgyan (born 1963), a Russian scientist
- Shavarsh Shavo Gevorgyan (born 1967), and Armenian musician
- Vahan Gevorgyan (born 1981), an Armenian-born Polish footballer
- Jake Gevorgian (born 1981), an Armenian-born, Artist, Master Woodworker
Institutions
- Gevorkian Theological Seminary, theological school-college of the Armenian Apostolic Church founded by Catholicos Gevork IV in 1874 and located in the city of Vagharshapat (Echmiadzin), Armenia
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