Ghukasyan Explained

Ghukasyan (Armenian: Ղուկասյան) in Armenian pronounced as /ʁɔvkɑˈsjɑn/ pronounced as /ru/) is an Armenian surname, meaning 'son of Ghukas', the Armenian equivalent of Luke. In Russia, Azerbaijan and other countries, some holders of this surname changed the spelling to Gukasov (Russian: Гука́сов|ɡʊˈkasəf).

People with the surname include:

• Arkadi Ghukasyan (born 1957), second president of the Republic of Artsakh
• Siranush Ghukasyan (born 1998), Armenian chess master
• Hovhannes Ghukasyan (1822–1882), Polish-Armenian pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer, inventor of the modern kerosene lamp

See also

• Arshak Ter-Gukasov (1819–1881), Yerevan Forces commander of Russia's army during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878
• Voroshil Gukasyan (1932–1986), Soviet linguist