Krikor Explained

Krikor is a Western Armenian given name, equivalent to Eastern Armenian given name Grigor and the English equivalent Gregory and its variants in different languages. A diminutive of the name is Koko. A variant is Kirkor.

Notable people with the name include:

Religion

• Gregory of Narek (951–1003), or Krikor Naregatsi, Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher, theologian and saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Catholicoi

• Gregory the Illuminator, patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church
• Gregory II the Martyrophile, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1066-1105)
• Gregory IV the Young (1173–1193)
• Gregory V of Cilicia (1193–1194)
• Gregory VI of Cilicia (1194–1203)
• Gregory VII of Cilicia (1293–1307)
• Gregory VIII of Cilicia (1411–1418)
• Gregory IX of Cilicia (1439–1446)
• Gregory X (1443–1465)
• Gregory XI (1536–1545)
• Gregory XII (1576–1590)

Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem

• Krikor Yetesattzi of Jerusalem (669–696)
• Patriarch Krikor of Jerusalem (981–1006)
• Patriarch Krikor of Jerusalem (1356–1363)
• Patriarch Krikor Kantzagehtzee of Jerusalem (1613–1645)
• Krikor Shiravantzee (Chainbearer) (1715–1749)

Armenian patriarchs of Constantinople

• Patriarch Krikor I of Constantinople (1526–1537)
• Patriarch Krikor II of Constantinople (1601–1608, 1611–1621, 1623–1626)
• Patriarch Krikor III of Constantinople (1764–1773)
• Patriarch Krikor IV of Constantinople (1801–1802)

Contemporary

• Krikor Bedros XV Agagianian or Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian, Patriarch Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church (1937-1962) and Catholic cardinal. Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (1958–1970)
• Krikor Balakian (1875–1934), Armenian bishop
• Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan (born 1934), Patriarch-Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church

Persons carrying the name Krikor

• Krikor Agathon (1901-1979), Egyptian sport shooter, fencer and Olympian
• Krikor Agopian (born 1942), Lebanese Armenian painter
• Krikor Alozian (born 1979), Lebanese Armenian footballer
• Krikor Amirian (1888–1964), Armenian Revolutionary, who participated in the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia
• Krikor Ayvazian (1912-1997), Armenian Catholic Bishop of Qamishli
• Krikor Azaryan (1934–2009), Bulgarian Armenian theatre director
• Krikor Badrossian, Armenian communist politician
• Krikor Balyan, Armenian architect
• Krikor Beledian (born 1945), Lebanese-born Armenian writer, literary critic, and translator living in France
• Krikor Kalfayan (1873-1949), Armenian writer, lecturer, musician, and musicologist
• Krikor Mekhitarian (born 1986), Brazilian Armenian chess grandmaster
• Krikor Odian (1834-1887), Ottoman Armenian jurist, politician and writer
• Krikor Ohanian, original name of Mike Connors, American actor
• Krikor Pambuccian (1915–1996), Armenian–Romanian professor of pathology
• Krikor Peshtimaldjian (1778-1839), Ottoman Armenian philosopher, educator, translator, and linguist
• Krikor Zohrab (1861–1915), Ottoman Armenian writer

Others

• Grégoire Aslan (Coco) born Krikor Aslanian (1908–1982), Swiss ethnic Armenian actor and musician
• Gregor (musician) (1898-1971), born Krikor Kélékian, jazz bandleader

See also

• Grigor
• Krikorian
• Gregory (given name) and variant Gregor