Given name & surname
Krikor
“a vigilant watchman”
Krikor is used as a given name and a surname. One Armenian interpretation is “a vigilant watchman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Armenian interpretation is “a vigilant watchman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Armenian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Krikor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 54
- 54 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 9 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 6 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 583 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.
Krikor’s family of names
Krikor has a related form in Krikur. Krikor has a related form in Krykor. Krikor has a related form in Krykur.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Gregoryequivalent
- Gregorioequivalent
- Gregorequivalent
- Grzegorzequivalent
- Grigoryequivalent
- Григорийequivalent
- Reijoequivalent
- Gregoriusequivalent
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People named Krikor
- Gregory of NarekArmenian monk951–1003
- Gregory of Tatevphilosopher, theologian, and saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church (1346-1410)1340–1410
- Krikor ZohrabArmenian writer, politician and opinion journalist (1861-1915)
- Krikor MekhitarianBrazilian chess playerborn 1986
- Krikor OdianOttoman Armenian jurist, politician and writer1834–1887
- Krikor BeledianArmenian writerborn 1945
- Krikor BalyanArmenian architect1764–1831
- Krikor H. ZambaccianRomanian art historian and collector1889–1962
- Grigoris Aghtamartsi1480–1550
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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