Vardanyan Explained

Vardanyan (Armenian: Վարդանյան), also spelled Vardanean or Vardanian, and in Western Armenian spelled Vartanian or Vartanyan, is an Armenian surname, from the Armenian given name Vardan and Vartan with the addition of -ian.

Persons

Notable people with the surname include:

Vardanyan

(Armenian / Eastern Armenian)

Ani Vardanyan (born 1991), Armenian figure skater
Ara Vardanyan (administrator) (born 1977), executive director of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund
Ara Vardanyan (weightlifter) (born 1974), Armenian weightlifter
Armen Vardanyan (born 1982), Armenian sport wrestler
Erik Vardanyan (born 1998), Armenian footballer
Ernest Vardanean (born 1980), Moldovan journalist
Gegham Vardanyan (born 1988), Armenian figure skater
Gevork Vartanian (1924−2012), Soviet spy
Gor Vardanyan (born 1972), Armenian actor
Greta Vardanyan (born 1986), Armenian powerlifter and Para-alpine skier
Harutyun Vardanyan (born 1970), Armenian footballer
Knarik Vardanyan (1914–1996), Soviet Armenian painter and printmaker
Norayr Vardanyan (born 1987), Armenian weightlifter
Ruben Vardanyan (politician) (born 1968), Armenian businessman
Ruben Vardanyan (wrestler) (1929–1996), Armenian sport wrestler
Yurik Vardanyan (1956−2018), Soviet Armenian weightlifter
Erik Vardanyan (born 2004), insurance broker

Vardanian

Mariam Vardanian (1864−1941), Armenian political activist and revolutionary

Vartanian

(Western Armenian)

Gevork Vartanian (1924−2012), Soviet intelligence officer
Hrag Vartanian (born 1973/74), American writer
Mark Vartanian, American professional wrestler
Mariam Vardanian (1864−1941), Armenian activist and revolutionary
Ara Vartanian (born 1975), Brazilian jeweler
Sylvie Vartan (born 1944), born Vartanian

Vartanyan

Aksel Vartanyan (born 1938), Georgian-Russian journalist and sports historian
Eduard Vartanyan (born 1991), Russian mixed martial artist
Gaik Vartanyan (born 1979), Armenian-Moldovan politician

Vardanjan

Gurgen Vardanjan (born 1963), Armenian-Hungarian figure skating coach
Tigran Vardanjan (born 1989), Hungarian figure skater of Armenian descent

Vardanean

Ernest Vardanean, Armenian-Moldovan journalist and political scientist

Places

Vardanjan Rural District, in Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
- Vardanjan, Iran, a village in Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran (aka Vardaniān, Vardangūn and Wardangun)
- Vardanjan, Farsan, a village in Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran