Given name · Armenian
Կարապետ
“forerunner, precursor”
Կարապետ (Karapet) is a masculine given name from Old Armenian, meaning “forerunner, precursor.” It is used in Armenian.
ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Karapet.
Meaning & origin
Կարապետ’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Կարապետ has a diminutive in Կարպիս. In Armenian usage, Կարապետ has a conventional equivalent in the French form Kevin. In Armenian usage, Կարապետ can be written in the Roman alphabet as KARAPET.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Կարապետ
- Garabed Pashayan KhanArmenian physician1864–1915
- Garabet Amira BalyanOttoman architect (1800-1866)
- Karapetê XaçoArmenian singer (1900–2005)
- Karapet MikaelyanArmenian footballerborn 1969
- Garabet Artin DavoudianOttoman diplomat and statesman of Armenian origin (1816–1873)
- Karapet RubinyanArmenian politician and public figureborn 1957
- Karapet YeghiazaryanArmenian painter1932–2006
- Karapet AgadzhanianPsychiatrist (1876-1955)
- Garabed ToursarkisianArmenian writer and fidayi1871–1937
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