Vardan

For the village in Iran, see Vartan, Iran.

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Vardan (Armenian: Վարդան; Vartan in Western Armenian transliteration, pronounced [vɑɾˈtʰɑn] in both Eastern and Western Armenian), Varden (Georgian: ვარდენ) in Georgian, is an Armenian name of Middle Persian origin (from Mid. Pers. Wardā),[1] popular in Armenia and Georgia.

## Saint Vardan

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* Saint Vardan (Saint Vartan in Western Armenian), an Armenian saint

## Given name

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* Vardan Adjemyan, Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic and chamber works
* Vardan Aigektsi (died 1250), Armenian author
* Vardan Ajemian (1905–1977), Soviet Armenian theatral director and actor, People's Artist of USSR (1965)
* Vardan Areveltsi (1198–1271), Armenian historian, geographer, philosopher and translator
* Vardan Ayvazyan, the former Ecology Minister of Armenia
* Vardan Bostanjyan (born 1949), Armenian politician
* Vardan Ghazaryan (born 1969), Lebanese-Armenian footballer
* Vardan Khachatryan (born 1968), former Armenian football defender
* Vardan Kushnir (1969–2005), spammer of Armenian descent
* Vardan Mamikonian (musician), Armenian pianist, and a naturalised French citizen
* Vardan Mazalov (born 1983), Uzbek SSR born Armenian football striker
* Vardan Militosyan (born 1950), Armenian weightlifter
* Vardan Minasyan (born 1974), Armenian football manager and former player
* Vardan Oskanyan (born 1955), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia during 1998–2008
* Vardan Voskanyan (born 1972), Armenian judoka

## See also

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* Vartan, another romanization of the name (used mostly in Western Armenian)

## References

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1. ^ "Linguistic Contacts with Iranian Languages". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2022-07-10.

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