History of Azerbaijan

[gurgen]

But I would like you to meet you in street.

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Isn't that typical now

[DominO123]

Armenian medals in Athens:

 

WR - Men's Greco-Roman 74kg SAMOURGACHEV Varteres Bronze RUS

WR - Men's Greco-Roman 84kg ABRAHAMIAN Ara Silver SWE

WR - Men's Greco-Roman 60kg NAZARIAN Armen Bronze BUL

WR - Men's Greco-Roman 66kg MANUKYAN Mkkhitar Bronze KAZ

WR - Men's Greco-Roman 55kg KIOUREGKIAN Artiom Bronze GRE

Fencing - Women's Team Epee  AZNAVURYAN Karina GOLD RUS

Gold -1, Silver 1, Bronze 4 Total 6

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Isn't Georgeta Damian whom won 2 gold as well Armenian?

[jgm1975]

I am not sure about the Romanian Georgeta Damian. There are a lot of names that end in -ian that are not necessarily Armenian. In Latin languages, you also have the -ien or similar endings (e.g. "Parisien","Italiano"). Plus Georgeta is not an Armenian first name. Edited August 31, 2004 by jgm1975

[DominO123]

I am not sure about the Romanian Georgeta Damian. There are a lot of names that end in -ian that are not necessarily Armenian. In Latin languages, you also have the -ien or similar endings (e.g. "Parisien","Italiano"). Plus Georgeta is not an Armenian first name.

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Raffi at Cilicia place her as Armenian... and "Damian" seems to be an Armenian family name, because it is included in Armenian phone books as well as give result on google to Armenians.

[Harut]

don't know about this person, but i knew a romanian with the same last name. another romanian i knew spelled her last name demjan.

[jgm1975]

Damian is the name of a Christian saint:

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintd06.htm

 

So it is a common name among non-Armenians.

 

Also, I checked in the Montreal Armenian phone book and there is not a single Damian.

 

My philosophy is that if there is a reasonable doubt that someone may not be Armenian, than that person is not an Armenian. As a child, I would hear these wild tales from older people about this or that person being Armenian. Naturally I would repeat it with pride to my non-Armenian friends, only to notice later as an adult that such and such was not Armenian. So since then I am quite conservative about these things. Of course that changes if the person in question admits that he or she is Armenian.

Edited September 1, 2004 by jgm1975

[DominO123]

Damian is the name of a Christian saint:

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintd06.htm

 

So it is a common name among non-Armenians.

 

Also, I checked in the Montreal Armenian phone book and there is not a single Damian.

 

My philosophy is that if there is a reasonable doubt that someone may not be Armenian, than that person is not an Armenian. As a child, I would hear these wild tales from older people about this or that person being Armenian. Naturally I would repeat it with pride to my non-Armenian friends, only to notice later as an adult that such and such was not Armenian. So since then I am quite conservative about these things. Of course that changes if the person in question admits that he or she is Armenian.

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It is true that Damian is a common name, but we are talking about family name here. It is true that this family name is not present in the Montreal Armenian phone book... but here...

 

http://www.sograd.com/aacca/ChoirPictures/choir02.htm

 

http://www.sampirt.co.uk/Instruments/Piano_Accordion.php

 

http://www.cinemusic.net/reviews/2002/ararat.html

 

But I have found that Harut is right too, Damian seems to be as well Romanian.

[mx5]

any body who has a name ending with IAN,all around the world ,and familiar with common Armenian family names,will always be suspisious that he or she is of Armenian dessendent!!

 

So calm down on this one...