Andon (name)

AndonGender| Male

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Name day| 17 July (Bulgaria)[1]
Origin
Region of origin| Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia
Other names
Related names| Anthony, Anton, Ndue

Andon is both a masculine given name and surname; a variant of Anton, found in Albania,[2] Bulgaria, North Macedonia[1] and among Armenians from Western Armenia. It is also found as a surname. Notable people with this name include the following:

## Given name[edit]

* Andon Çelebi (1604–1674), Armenian merchant magnate, Ottoman and Tuscan official
* Andon Amaraich (1932–2010), Micronesian public servant, politician, diplomat and judge
* Andon Beça (1879–1977), Albanian politician
* Andon Bedros IX Hassoun (1809–1884), Armenian Patriarch of Cilicia and archbishop of Constantinople of the Armenians
* Andon Boshkovski (born 1974), Macedonian handball coach
* Andon Zako Çajupi (1866–1930), Albanian nationalist activist, poet and playwright
* Andon Dimitrov (1867–1933), Bulgarian revolutionary
* Andon Dončevski (born 1935), Yugoslav-Macedonian football player and coach
* Andon Gushterov (born 1990), Bulgarian footballer
* Andon Kalchev (1910–1948), Bulgarian scientist, army officer and nationalist
* Andon Kyoseto (1855–1953), Bulgarian revolutionary and nationalist
* Andon Nikolov (born 1951), Bulgarian weightlifter
* Andon Petrov (born 1955), Bulgarian former cyclist
* Andon Qesari (1942–2021), Albanian actor and film director

## Surname[edit]

* Joe Andon, Australian businessperson
* Laura Andon, Australian model

## See also[edit]

* All pages with titles beginning with Andon
* All pages with titles containing Andon

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Andon". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
2. ^ Bazaj, Isuf (2013). "Anthroponimes and patronymes with higher frequency in onomastic vocabulary" (PDF). Universiteti i Shkodrës Luigj Gurakuqi. Albanian University. p. 6. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

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