Vardanyan
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
[edit]Notable people with the surname include:
Vardanyan
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Mariam Vardanian (1864−1941), Armenian political activist and revolutionary
Vartanian
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Gurgen Vardanjan (born 1963), Armenian-Hungarian figure skating coach
- Tigran Vardanjan (born 1989), Hungarian figure skater of Armenian descent
Vardanean
[edit]- Ernest Vardanean, Armenian-Moldovan journalist and political scientist
Places
[edit]- 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