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Bedros

Bedros is the Western Armenian pronunciation of the Armenian given name Petros, deriving from Greek Petros and equivalent to English Peter. All Armenian Catholic Patriarch-Catholicoi have Bedros as a middle name. Bedrosian, meaning "son of Bedros/Petros," is also a common Armenian given name.

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Bedros (Armenian: Պետրոս) is the Western Armenian pronunciation of the Armenian given name Petros, deriving from Greek Petros and equivalent to English Peter. All Armenian Catholic Patriarch-Catholicoi have Bedros as a middle name. Bedrosian (Eastern Armenian Petrosyan), meaning "son of Bedros/Petros," is also a common Armenian given name.

People with the given name include:

Religious figures

Middle name

Others

  • Bedros (Bedik), Armenian merchant magnate of late 16th and first half of the 17th centuries
  • Petros Adamian or Bedros Atamian (1849–1891), Ottoman-Armenian actor, poet, writer, artist and public figure
  • Bedros Bedrosian (born 1955), Romanian-Armenian triple jumper
  • Bedross Der Matossian (born 1978), American historian
  • Bedros Hadjian (1933–2012), Buenos Aires-based Armenian writer, educator and journalist
  • Bedros Kapamajian (1840–1912), Ottoman-Armenian businessmen, textile trader and mayor of the town of Van, Ottoman Empire
  • Bedros Keresteciyan (1840–1907), Ottoman-Armenian linguist, journalist, translator and writer of the first etymology dictionary of the Turkish language
  • Bedros Kirkorov (1932–2025), Bulgarian and Russian singer and bandleader of Armenian origin
  • Bedros Magakyan (1826–1891), Ottoman-Armenian actor and theater director and founder of the Armenian Oriental Theatre
  • Bedros Parian (1873–1896), better known by his nom de guerre Papken Siuni, an important figure in the Armenian national movement and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
  • Bedros Sirabyan (1833–1898), Ottoman-Armenian painter
  • Bedros Tourian (1851–1872), Armenian poet, playwright and actor
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