Given name & surname

Saroyan

Saroyan is a surname from Armenian.

Original ArmenianՍարոյան

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Saroyan comes from Armenian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Armenian Սարոյան.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Saroyan’s family of names

In English usage, Saroyan as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Сароя́н. In English usage, Saroyan as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Armenian form Սարոյան. In Armenian usage, Saroyan as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Սարոյան.

Walk Saroyan’s family in the name graph

SaroyanՍարոյանСароя́н

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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36% boys · 64% girls

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