Nelly Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Originally I'm from Kars( now Turkey).But now I live in Georgia.My last name is Gasoyan.I would like to know where this last name is coming from,or what does it mean.I looked up in many dictionaries but couldn't find.Please,if you can,help me with this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 (edited) Originally I'm from Kars( now Turkey).But now I live in Georgia.My last name is Gasoyan.I would like to know where this last name is coming from,or what does it mean.I looked up in many dictionaries but couldn't find.Please,if you can,help me with this Edit: How rude of me! Welcome Nelly. We hope you stay here to learn/teach, or for that matter, unlearn and unteach us. Which Georgia? The US state or the Republic? It may have some import. I can’t give you a straight answer. Maybe Johannes can do a better job. I think he said he has access to Ajarian’s Dictionary of names. At first glance I thought you said GaRsoyan , like Nina Garsoian,note the R, if it were, then the place of origin Kars/Gars woud be a factor. I see several elements here, Armenian, Kurdish and Russian. Just like the Armenians Kurds are also fond of the form of endearment of names. I.e. Garabed/Karapet become Garo/Karo, Arshavir/Arshaluys becomes Arsho and many more… Kurds do that too Tamoyan the ArmenianYezdi comes to mind. Abdalla becomes Abdo, and Hasan becomes Hasso/Haso. Here comes the Russian factor. We know that there is no H in Russian, they all become G Like Hrant become Grant etc. What if we reverse the process and assume that it was Hasoyan originally and was russifird to Gasoyan. If we were to assume that Gaso/Kaso/Casso is a diminutive endearing form of a name, I can’t think of any boys’ name except Gassia/Cassia…? It is a girls name which is still very widely used. Search the net using “Gassia” and see. Like I said. I probably confused the issue even more but it gives you a wider parameter for search. OK Let’s play a game. How many names do you know that take the O ending in endearment. Don’t answer here escept addressing the issue on hand. A to that game I have already initiated another thread as "The O Factor”. Edited January 26, 2007 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAS Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 1.Հավանական է ծագել է Գարսեվան անվան Գարսո կրճատ ձևից` ր-ի անկումով: Գասոյան <---Գարսոյան <--- Գարսո <--- Գարսեվան 2. Հարսոյան ազգանվան ռուսականցում Հ ---> Գ տառադարձումով Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 May be Gaspar > Gaso Գասպարի փաղաքշականը՝ Գասո: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 (edited) Is Nelly a Greek name? The only occassion I have seen it before is for the name of a famous Greek photographer who was born in Turkey before WW1. There were many Greeks living in Kars befre 1920, btw. Edited January 26, 2007 by neko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 If we were to assume that Gaso/Kaso/Casso is a diminutive endearing form of a name, I can’t think of any boys’ name except Gassia/Cassia…? It is a girls name which is still very widely used. Search the net using “Gassia” and see. Check out the third picture on this page on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Thank you all for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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