Adamyan
Adamyan or Adamian (Armenian: Ադամյան, Russian: Адамян) is an Armenian surname derived from the given name Adam.[1] The Western Armenian equivalent is Atamian (Ադամեան). Notable people with the surname include:
- Adamyan or Adamian
- Andranik Adamyan, Armenian football manager
- Armen Adamyan (born 1967), Armenian footballer and manager
- Arshak Adamian (1884–1956), Armenian conductor, composer and pedagogue
- Gregory H. Adamian (born 1926), president emeritus and chancellor of Bentley College
- Hovannes Adamian (1879–1932), Armenian inventor
- Petros Adamian (1849–1891), Armenian actor
- Samvel Adamyan, Armenian football manager
- Sargis Adamyan (born 1993), Armenian-German footballer
- Vadym Adamyan (born 1938), Ukrainian mathematician and theoretical physicist
- Atamian
- Charles Garabed Atamian (1872–1947), Ottoman-born French painter of Armenian descent
- Evangelia Atamian better known as Marika Ninou, (1918–1957), Armenian-Greek rebetiko singer
See also[]
- Adamians, early Christian sect
References[]
- ^ Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
Categories:
- Surnames
- Armenian-language surnames
- Patronymic surnames