Bedros Explained
Bedros is the Western Armenian pronunciation of the Armenian given name Petros, deriving from Greek Petros and equivalent to English Peter. All Armenian Catholic Patriarch-Catholicoi have Bedros as a middle name. Bedrosian (Eastern Armenian Petrosyan), meaning "son of Bedros/Petros," is also a common Armenian given name. People with the given name include:
Religious figures in the Armenian Apostolic Church
Others
- Bedros (Bedik), Armenian merchant magnate of late 16th and first half of the 17th centuries
- Petros Adamian or Bedros Atamian (1849–1891), Ottoman-Armenian actor, poet, writer, artist and public figure
- Bedros Bedrosian (born 1955), Romanian-Armenian triple jumper
- Bedros Hadjian (1933–2012), Buenos Aires-based Armenian writer, educator and journalist
- Bedros Kapamajian (1840–1912), Ottoman-Armenian businessmen, textile trader and mayor of the town of Van, Ottoman Empire
- Bedros Keresteciyan (1840–1907), Ottoman-Armenian linguist, journalist, translator and writer of the first etymology dictionary of the Turkish language
- Bedros Kirkorov (born 1932), Bulgarian and Russian singer and bandleader of Armenian origin
- Bedros Magakyan (1826–1891), Ottoman-Armenian actor and theater director and founder of the Armenian Oriental Theatre
- Bedros Parian (1873–1896), better known by his nom de guerre Papken Siuni, an important figure in the Armenian national movement and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
- Bedros Sirabyan (1833–1898), Ottoman-Armenian painter
- Bedros Tourian (1851–1872), Armenian poet, playwright and actor
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