{{for|the village in Iran|Vartan, Iran}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2014}} '''Vardan''' ({{langx|hy|Վարդան}}; Vartan or Wartan in Western Armenian transliteration, pronounced {{IPA|hy|vɑɾˈtʰɑn|}} in both Eastern and Western Armenian), '''Varden''' ({{lang-ka|ვარდენ}}) in Georgian, is an Armenian name of Middle Persian origin (from Mid. Pers. Wardā),<ref name="iranicaonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/georgia-v-|title=Linguistic Contacts with Iranian Languages |website=Encyclopaedia Iranica|access-date=2022-07-10}}</ref> popular in Armenia and Georgia.
==Saint Vardan== *Saint Vardan (Saint Vartan in Western Armenian), an Armenian saint
==Given name== *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== *Vartan, another romanization of the name (used mostly in Western Armenian) *Wartan in Western Armenian
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