Gayane ( hy, Գայանե
(reformed
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
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* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
); Գայիանէ
( classical)), also spelled Gayaneh, is a popular
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
female name of unknown meaning. Some relate it to the
Ancient Greek
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word ''gaia'', who was the "earth goddess," see
Gaia
In Greek mythology, Gaia (; from Ancient Greek , a poetical form of , 'land' or 'earth'),, , . also spelled Gaea , is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes parthenog ...
.
Gayane was the name of an
abbess
An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa''), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in an abbey.
Description
In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic ...
who was martyred with other nuns by
Tiridates III of Armenia
Tiridates III (Armenian: Գ ''Trdat III''; – c. 330), also known as Tiridates the Great ( hy, Տրդատ Մեծ ''Trdat Mets''), or Tiridates IV, was the Armenian Arsacid king from c.298 to c. 330.
In 301, Tiridates proclaimed Christianit ...
in the year 301.
She was subsequently made a saint of the
Armenian Apostolic Church
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Notable people with the name Gayane:
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Kourtney Kardashian
Kourtney Mary Kardashian (born April 18, 1979) is an American media personality and socialite. In 2007, she and her family began starring in the reality television series ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians''. Its success led to the creation of ...
, baptized with the name.
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Gayane Chebotaryan
Gayane Chebotaryan (8 November 1918, Rostov-on-Don16 January 1998, Moscow) was an Armenian composer and musicologist. She was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory. She studied composition with K'usnaryan and ...
(1918–1998), Armenian composer
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Gayane Khachaturian
Gayane Khachaturian ( hy, Գայանե Խաչատրյան, ka, გაიანე ხაჩატურიანი) (May 9, 1942 – May 1, 2009) was a Georgian-Armenian painter and graphic artist.
Biography
Gayane Khachaturian was born into a ...
(1942–2009), Armenian painter
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Gayane Kostanyan
Gayane Kostanyan (born 20 July 1988) is an Armenian footballer who plays as a forward. As a member and captain of the Armenian women's national football team.
She played in different countries Russia, Ukraine, Lebanon, Kazakhstan and now in France ...
(born 1988), Armenian footballer
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