Petrosyan

Petrosyan

Family name
name =Petrosyan
pronunciation= [pɛtɹosˈjɑn]


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meaning ="son of Petros"
region = Armenia
origin =Armenian
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Petrosyan (Armenian: _hy. Պետրոսյան), Petrosian, Petrossian, Bedrosian or Bedrossian is one of the most common surnames in Armenia. It is a patronymic from Armenian first name Petros (equivalent to Peter, making the name effectively equivalent to Peterson).

The following people share this surname:
*Tigran Petrosian, the late world champion of chess
*Levon Ter-Petrossian, former president of Armenia
*Leonard Petrosyan, former president of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
*Armenak Petrosian, an Armenian professional soccer player
*Arshak Petrosian, an Armenian chess grandmaster
*Manouk Petrosian, a prominent Armenian scholar and theologian
*Vahé Petrosian, an American astrophysicist and cosmologist
*Yevgeny Petrosyan, well-known Soviet-Russian stand-up comedian
*Pascal Bedrossian, French-Armenian professional footballer


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