Given name · Armenian · Classical Armenian

Բակուր

“one who bakes”

Բակուր (Bakur) is a masculine given name from Old Armenian. It is used in Armenian and Old Armenian.

Armenian and Classical ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Bakur.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Բակուր is Bakur written in the Armenian alphabet. Bakur is a variant of Baker. One English interpretation is “one who bakes.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Բակուր comes from Old Armenian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Armenian Բակուր.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Բակուր’s family of names

In Armenian usage, Բակուր has a diminutive in Բակո. In Old Armenian usage, Բակուր has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bakur. In Armenian usage, Բակուր can be written in the Roman alphabet as Bakur.

Walk Բակուր’s family in the name graph

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Բակուր has relatives in 5 languages.

4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Բակոdiminutive · Armenian

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Bakurin another script · Armenian, Classical Armenian

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Բակուր, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Your shortlist