Petrosyan Explained
| Petrosyan |
| Pronunciation: | in Armenian pronounced as /pɛtɾɔsˈjɑn/ |
| Meaning: | "son of Petros" |
| Region: | Armenia |
Petrosyan (Armenian: Armenian: [[wikt:Պետրոսյան|Պետրոսյան]]), Petrosian or Petrossian (Eastern Armenian), Bedrosian or Bedrossian (Western Armenian) is a common surname in Armenia. It is a patronymic from the Armenian first name Petros (equivalent to Peter, making the name effectively equivalent to Peterson).
The following people share this surname:
Petrosyan
- Arev Petrosyan (born 1972), Armenian artist
- Arevik Petrosyan (born 1972), Armenian politician and lawyer
- Armen Petrosyan (born 1986), Armenian-Italian kickboxer
- Armen Petrosyan (Mench) (born 1975), Armenian actor, producer and broadcaster
- Armenak Petrosyan (born 1973), Armenian professional footballer
- Arsen Petrosyan (born 1991), Armenian footballer
- Artur Petrosyan (born 1971), Armenian professional footballer
- Artur Petrosyan (journalist) (born 1979), Russian football journalist and scout
- Gagik Petrosyan (born 1973), Armenian politician
- Galust Petrosyan (born 1981), Armenian professional footballer
- Gevorg Petrosyan (politician) (born 1972), Armenian lawyer and politician
- Giorgio Petrosyan (born 1985), Armenian-Italian kickboxer
- Hamlet Petrosyan (born 1955), Armenian historian, archaeologist and anthropologist
- Leon Petrosyan (born 1940), Russian mathematician
- Leonard Petrosyan (1953–1999), Armenian politician; second Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President (March September 1997)
- Manuel Petrosyan (born 1998), Armenian chess player
- Mariam Petrosyan (born 1969), Armenian painter, cartoonist and novelist
- Mariam Petrosyan (born 1991), Russian-Armenian singer and songwriter
- Nazar Petrosyan (born 1951), Russian football coach and player
- Petros Petrosyan (1968–2012), Armenian painter
- Rafik Petrosyan (1940–2021), Armenian politician
- Rudik Petrosyan (born 1980), Armenian weightlifter
- Samvel Petrosyan (born 1954), Soviet footballer
- Sergey Petrosyan (1988–2017), Azerbaijani-Russian weightlifter
- Shahen Nikolay Petrosyan (1912–1999), Armenian lawyer and professor
- Shushan Petrosyan (born 1967), Armenian singer and politician
- Sos and Victoria Petrosyan, German quick-change artists
- Valery Petrosyan (born 1942), Armenian-Russian chemist
- Vardan Petrosyan (born 1959), Armenian actor, scriptwriter, and parodist
- Vardges Petrosyan (1932–1994), Armenian writer
- Yevgeny Petrosyan (born 1945), Russian stand-up comedian of Armenian descent
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