Given name · Armenian · Classical Armenian
Մակար
“one who is blessed”
Մակար (Makar) is a masculine given name from Old Armenian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Armenian and Old Armenian.
Armenian and Classical ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Macarius.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Մակար is Makar written in the Armenian alphabet. Makar is a variant of Makarios. One Greek interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Մակար comes from Old Armenian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Armenian usage, Մակար developed from Μακάριος.
Մակար’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Մակար developed from the Ancient Greek form Μακάριος. In Old Armenian usage, Մակար can be written in the Roman alphabet as Makar. In Armenian usage, Մակար has a conventional equivalent in the English form Macarius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Մակար has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Մակար comes from · 1 name
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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