Given name · Classical Armenian
Վահէ
“better”
Վահէ (Vahē) is a masculine given name from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian. It is used in Old Armenian.
Classical ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Vahē.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Վահէ goes back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásyas, meaning “better.”
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Where it comes from
Վահէ comes from Iranian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian.
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How it developed
From Proto-Iranian *Hwáhyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásyas (“better”).
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Վահէ’s family of names
In Old Armenian usage, Վահէ shares an earlier linguistic root with վեհ. In Old Armenian usage, Վահէ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Vahē. In Armenian usage, Վահէ has a related form in Վահե.
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.