Yervand

Yervand (Armenian: Երվանդ) and in some transliterations Ervand (in Western Armenian Yervant), is an Armenian given name. The Hellenic equivalent is Orontes.

Ervand / Yervand / Yervant may refer to:

• Ervand Abrahamian (born 1940) Marxist historian of Middle Eastern and particularly Iranian history
• Ervand Kogbetliantz (1888–1974), Armenian/American mathematician and first president of the Yerevan State University

• Orontes I Sakavakyats (native Armenian name Yervand I Sakavakyats), king of the Orontid dynasty, reigning in the period between 570 BC – 560 BC.
• Orontes I (native Armenian name Yervand I), Orontid dynasty king who reigned during the period between 401 BC – 344 BC
• Orontes II (native Armenian name Yervand II), son of Orontes I, ruler of the Satrapy of Armenia
• Orontes III (native Armenian name Yervand III), King of Armenia
• Orontes IV (native Armenian name Yervand IV), son of King Arsames and founder of Yervandashat.

• Yervand Kochar (1899-1979), Armenian sculptor and artist
• Yervand Krbachyan (born 1971), Armenian football player
• Yervand Lalayan (1864-1931), Armenian ethnographer, archaeologist, folklorist
• Yervand Manaryan (born 1924), Iranian-born Armenian actor
• Yervand Sukiasyan (born 1967), Armenian football player
• Yervand Zakharyan (born 1946), Armenian politician and the former mayor of Yerevan

• Yervant Aghaton (1860-1935), Armenian political figure, agronomist, publisher, writer, and one of the founding members of the Armenian General Benevolent Union
• Yervant Gobelyan (1923-2010), Turkish Armenian poet and writer
• Yervant Voskan, also known as Osgan Efendi (1855–1914), Ottoman Armenian painter, sculptor, instructor
• Yervant Odian (1869-1926) Armenian satirist and writer

• Orontes (disambiguation)
• Yervandashat (ancient city)
• Yervandashat, Armenia, a village

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