Vardan
For the village in Iran, see Vartan, Iran.
Vardan (Armenian: Վարդան) (Vartan in Western Armenian transliteration and pronunciation), Varden (Georgian: ვარდენ) in Georgian, is an Iranian name,[1] of Middle Persian origin (from Mid. Pers. Wardā),[2] popular in Armenia and Georgia.
Saint Vardan
- Saint Vardan (Saint Vartan in Western Armenian), an Armenian saint. See Vardan Mamikonian
Given name
- Vardan Adjemyan, Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic and chamber works
- Vardan Adzemian (born 1984), American soccer player of Armenian heritage
- 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 current Ecology Minister of Armenia
- 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
Middle name
- Tigran Vardan Martirosyan (born 1983), Armenian weightlifter
See also
- Vartan, another romanization of the name (used mostly in Western Armenian)
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