Guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 let's have some fun.I don't know much about Armenians in U.S and Europe,but the hayastancis sometimes have very weird non-Armenian names.It was very common to give weird names during Soviet era.I have an uncle whose name! is Chapaev. (Chapaev was famous Red Army commander)My other uncle's name is Voroshilov(another Commie )My Friend's dad's name is Karlen(KarlMarx+Lenin).Ok...I'm trying to remember more.... Any weird names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 How about Shopenhouwere (have come across in Vardenis), Hamlet and Laert were quite common in Armenian villages, add Marlen on the top of Karlen, add Lenser (Leninian ser), Lendrosh (Leninian drosh)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 MELSIK - Marks - engels - Lenin - stalin - ~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 What the hell is "Minjo"??? My grandma has called me it all my life. She says it's roughly "Mickey", but I wonder. Sometimes she varies it and calls me "Minjig". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 I use to have a friend whose name was "Electron". I guess it was kind of dedication to the modern era. Thank God he was not Armenian. Names like Stalin and Lenin, or Ilich were also common.Many Armenians were named after Greek philosophers, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. Can you imagine having an argument with a person with such a name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 How about Aristakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 The most bizarre name I have ever heard was Tractor, a guy was named Tractor when first Soviet Tractors were produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 Donara – Doch naroda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 Back in Armenia I used to know this man whose name was Sovetakan. I almost died of laughter the first time I met him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2001 Report Share Posted February 14, 2001 Lol...guys.... BTW,have you heard about twin boys that were born in Armenia not long ago?Well...they were named (sorry for the spelling!) Jac and Shirak! hope you can guess why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted May 23, 2001 Report Share Posted May 23, 2001 do you know where those names originated from?ArsenKarenare they Armenian names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted May 23, 2001 Report Share Posted May 23, 2001 I don't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nvard Posted May 26, 2001 Report Share Posted May 26, 2001 Both Arsen and Karen are pagan Persian names.After Iran became Muslim this names simply disapeared. But they became very common in Armenia because of the Persian-Armenian cultural ties during the pagan ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted May 26, 2001 Report Share Posted May 26, 2001 thanks Nvard. but i think Arsen is used in russia too, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted May 26, 2001 Report Share Posted May 26, 2001 did you notice that many Armenian names (girl names) end in NE:Gayane, Lousine, Marine, Heghine, ......... does this ending mean anything? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairakev Posted May 27, 2001 Report Share Posted May 27, 2001 I knew a woman who was born in post Bolshevik-revolution era and her first name in the passport was Kanalisatia.I remember when we were kids, (I had a friend from Vardenis) so we took the phone book of people living in Vardenis and we were diying of laugther because of all those weird names: 'Pushkin, Sokolov, Molodets, Washington'Imagine the guy who's name was Molodets Sossoyan. Poor guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted May 27, 2001 Report Share Posted May 27, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Harut:did you notice that many Armenian names (girl names) end in NE:Gayane, Lousine, Marine, Heghine, .........does this ending mean anything? thanksYes, "ne" has meant to mean female gender. There has been an attempt by some prominent Armenian poets, such us Teryan, Charents, etc, to introduce "Ne" into Armenian language as the female version of "Na." Clearly, it has failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted May 28, 2001 Report Share Posted May 28, 2001 quote:Originally posted by MJ:Yes, "ne" has meant to mean female gender. There has been an attempt by some prominent Armenian poets, such us Teryan, Charents, etc, to introduce "Ne" into Armenian language as the female version of "Na." Clearly, it has failed.but is it Armenian ending?"uhi" is the popular one in current Armenian, right?is "uhi" Armenian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2001 Report Share Posted May 28, 2001 uhi is probably driven from Avestan femine ending of -u and in later version -uhi. I think in those name only -e is femine suffix not n+e. see them this way root of noun+in= adjective +e feminin. -in makes a adjective that is a particular noun and e makes it feminine. [ May 28, 2001: Message edited by: Tornado ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nvard Posted May 28, 2001 Report Share Posted May 28, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Harut:thanks Nvard.but i think Arsen is used in russia too, isn't it?Arsen is used a lot in Osetia.But that's only because of the ethnic and language ties between Osetians and Persians. there are some Arsens in Georgia but not many. Russians adopted the name Arsen but they've changed it a little. So it became Arsentiy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koko Posted May 29, 2001 Report Share Posted May 29, 2001 LOL...I´v heard Arine.It´s quite common to take old names and cut them to halves. Every time I´m with someone named Arine and their calling I think -dammit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koko Posted May 29, 2001 Report Share Posted May 29, 2001 quote:Originally posted by koko:LOL...I´v heard Arine.It´s quite common to take old names and cut them to halves. Every time I´m with someone named Arine and their calling I think -dammit.I'm Karine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted July 5, 2001 Report Share Posted July 5, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Nvard:Both Arsen and Karen are pagan Persian names.After Iran became Muslim this names simply disapeared. But they became very common in Armenia because of the Persian-Armenian cultural ties during the pagan ages.do other popular names such as Vazgen, Zaven, Suren, Vigen, Babken, Karlen belong to the same category?there are still a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirag Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 Hi people,Arsen it comes from greek: male, man viril.And Karen is iranian origin.Vazken is a diminutive of "frog" persian too...Zaven it means: helper, assistant (persian).Khoren: small sun, persian too.I never heared Arine but Ari or Arin; Ari: Brave, Fearless; and Arin probably "Ariun" (Blood).Suren: Strong, Powerful. It's Pahlavi.Papgen it means father (persian)About the termination "-uhi" let me check it, I have a interenting articule (in armenian) about it...--------- Shirag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThornyRose Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Shirag:Hi people,Arsen it comes from greek: male, man viril.I thought it came from Persian... Something to do with Zoroastrianism, too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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