Given name & surname
Karapet
“forerunner, precursor”
Karapet is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karapet is a romanization of Կարապետ. Կարապետ means “forerunner, precursor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Karapet is a romanization of Կարապետ. Կարապետ comes from Old Armenian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karapet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 499 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Karapet’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Karapet is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Կարապետ. In Armenian usage, Karapet is a transliteration of Կարապետ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Karapet
- 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
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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