Avetis

Avetis

Gender	Male
Language(s)	Armenian
Other names
Alternative spelling	Avedis

Avetis (in Western Armenian Avedis) is a proper male name in Armenian. Avetisyan / Avedisian / Avetissian is an Armenian surname deriving from the name Avetis. Avetis means evangely or gospel (the good news) in Armenian, referring to the birth of Jesus Christ.

Avetis

• Avetis Aharonyan, an Armenian politician, writer, public figure and revolutionary
• Avetis Ghazaryan, an Armenian professional football player
• Avetis Isahakyan, better known as Avetik Isahakyan
• Avetis Nazarbekian, also known as Nazarbek or Lerents, an Armenian poet, journalist, political activist and revolutionary. One of the founders of Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
• Avetis Sultan-Zade (1889-1938), Persian-Armenian communist revolutionary and economist, a founder of the Communist Party of Persia

Avedis

• Avedis Boghos Derounian (1909-1991), American Armenian writer better known as Arthur Derounian and by the pen name John Roy Carlson
• Avedis Donabedian (1919-2000), Lebanese-Armenian physician
• Avedis Kendir (born 1959), Turkish Armenian jeweler
• Avedis Yapoudjian, Armenian journalist, historian and writer
• Avedis Zildjian Company, established by Avedis Zildjian

See also

• Avetik (disambiguation)
• Avetisyan