Gevorgyan

Gevorgyan or Gevorgian, sometimes also spelled Gevorkian (Armenian: Գևորգյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Gevorg", 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
• Eva Gevorgyan (born 2004), a Russian-Armenian classical pianist
• Maria Gevorgyan (born 1994), an Armenian chess player
• Nahapet Gevorgyan (born 1957), an Armenian politician
• Pavel Gevorgyan (born 1963), a Russian scientist
• Tereza Gevorgyan (born 1988), Armenian soprano
• Vahan Gevorgyan (born 1981), an Armenian-born Polish footballer

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

See also

• Gevorkyan
• Kevorkian (disambiguation)