Given name · Armenian · Classical Armenian
Տիգրան
“slender”
Տիգրան (Tigran) is a masculine given name, possibly from Iranian, ultimately from Old Persian. It is used in Armenian and Old Armenian.
Armenian and Classical ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Tigran.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Տիգրան possibly goes back to a word meaning “slender.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Տիգրան possibly comes from Iranian, and ultimately from Old Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Տիգրան’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Տիգրան has a diminutive in Տիկո. In Old Armenian usage, Տիգրան shares a linguistic root with the Ancient Greek form Τιγράνης. In Armenian usage, Տիգրան has a conventional equivalent in the English form TIGRAN.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Տիգրան has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Տիգրան
- Tigran PetrosianSoviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion1929–1984
- Tigranes the Greatking of Armenia139 BC–54 BC
- Tigran SargsyanArmenian economist and politicianborn 1960
- Tigran KeosayanRussian film director, actor, and television presenter (1966–2025)
- Tigran MansurianArmenian composerborn 1939
- Tigran HamasyanArmenian musicianborn 1987
- Tigran Gevorg Martirosyanweightlifterborn 1988
- Tigran BarseghyanArmenian football playerborn 1993
- Tigran L. PetrosianArmenian chess playerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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