# Mkrtich

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**Mkrtich** ([Eastern Armenian](/source/Eastern_Armenian) pronunciation, pronounced **Mgrdich** in [Western Armenian](/source/Western_Armenian);[1] [Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Մկրտիչ) is an Armenian male given name, meaning *Baptist* in Armenian.[2] The name refers originally to [John the Baptist](/source/John_the_Baptist), known as Surb Hovhannes Mkrtich (Saint-John the Baptist) in Armenian.[3] The widespread family name *[Mkrtchyan](/source/Mkrtchyan)* is formed from this given name.

The name is usually romanized directly into English as Mkrtich, but other romanizations are found:

- [Mkrtich Achemian](/source/Mkrtich_Achemian) (1838–1917), Constantinople-born Armenian poet
- [Mkrtich Armen](/source/Mkrtich_Armen) (1906–1972), Soviet Armenian writer
- [Mkrtich Arzumanyan](/source/Mkrtich_Arzumanyan) (born 1976), Armenian actor and comedian
- [Mkrtich Avetisian](/source/Mkrtich_Avetisian) (1864–1896), Armenian journalist and political figure
- [Mkrtich Beshiktashlian](/source/Mkrtich_Beshiktashlian) (1828–1868), Ottoman Armenian poet, playwright and educator
- [Mkrtich Gardashian](/source/Mkrtich_Gardashian) (1894–1938), Soviet Armenian medic and statesman
- [Mkrtich Hovhannisyan](/source/Mkrtich_Hovhannisyan) (born 1970), Armenian footballer
- [Mkrtich Khan Davidkhanian](/source/Mkrtich_Khan_Davidkhanian) (1902–1983), Iranian military officer and politician of Armenian descent
- [Mkrtich Khrimian](/source/Mkrtich_Khrimian) (1820–1907), Catholicos of All Armenians
- [Poloz Mukuch](/source/Poloz_Mukuch) (born Mkrtich Malkonyan, 1881–1931), Armenian satirist and fabulist
- [Mkrtich Naghash](/source/Mkrtich_Naghash) (1394–1470), Armenian painter, poet and priest
- [Mekertich Portukalian](/source/Mekertich_Portukalian) (1848–1921), Armenian teacher and journalist
- [Gourgen Mkrtich Yanikian](/source/Gourgen_Mkrtich_Yanikian) (1895–1984), Armenian genocide survivor and assassin

The name is romanized in Turkish as Mıgırdiç:

- [Mıgırdiç Civanyan](/source/M%C4%B1g%C4%B1rdi%C3%A7_Civanyan) (1848–1906), Ottoman painter of Armenian descent
- [Mıgırdiç Mıgıryan](/source/M%C4%B1g%C4%B1rdi%C3%A7_M%C4%B1g%C4%B1ryan) (1882–1915), athlete who represented the Ottoman Empire in the 1912 Olympic Games
- [Mıgırdiç Margosyan](/source/M%C4%B1g%C4%B1rdi%C3%A7_Margosyan) (1938–2022), Turkish-language Armenian author

## References

1. [https://www.iarmenia.org/armenian-boy-names-2/](https://www.iarmenia.org/armenian-boy-names-2/)

1. Maghakʻia Ōrmanean The Church of Armenia: her history, doctrine, rule, discipline, 1988 "LIST OF ARMENIAN NAMES WITH THEIR EQUIVALENTS IN ENGLISH Where transformations are obvious, the names are not included. ... Mkrtich = Baptist.. "

1. Sushil Chaudhury, Kéram Kévonian Les Arméniens dans le commerce asiatique au début de l'ère 2008 Page 84 "The church carrying the name of Surb Hovhannes Mkrtich (Saint-John the Baptist)... "

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