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Eastern Armenian Eastern Armenian ( ''arevelahayeren'') is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language. Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Artsakh, Russia, as we ...

, pronounced ''hakob'' or in Western Armenian, pronounced ''hagop'' is a common Armenian first name. It is the Armenian version of he, יַעֲקֹב, Standard ''Yaʿaqob''

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''Yaʿăqōḇ''; ar, يعقوب, ''Yaʿqūb''; "heel"; Septuagint Greek and thus a cognate of the English names Jacob and

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. In the United States, a common English version is Jack. It has been used in Armenian since pre-Christian times. Its diminutive form is also common in the Armenian: Hakopik ( or ). It is sometimes used as a last name as well, by adding the "ian" suffix: Hagopian ( or ).

Notable people named Agop

* Agop Dilaçar (or Hagop Martayan) (1895–1979), Armenian-Turkish linguist specialist in Turkic languages and the first Secretary General and head specialist of the Turkish Language Association *

Agop Jack Hacikyan Agop Jack Hacikyan (25 November 1931 – 3 July 2015) was a Canadian university Emeritus Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1931. He is the author of over 30 books on literature and ling ...

(born 1931), Canadian-Armenian university Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer. * Agop Terzan (1927–2020), Armenian-French astronomer ;Surname * Rolf Agop (1908–1998), German conductor and academic *

Güllü Agop Hagop Vartovyan ( hy, Յակոբ Վարդովեան), better known as Güllü Agop ( hy, Կիւլլիւ Յակոբ), (took later the name Yakub because converted to Islam), (1840 in Istanbul – 1902 in Istanbul) was an Armenians in the Ottoma ...

(1840–1902), Ottoman Armenian theatre director * Adolphus Agopsowicz, (1932-2005) Canadian stage name John Vernon

Notable people named Hagop

Hagop S. Akiskal Hagop Souren Akiskal ( hy, Յակոբ Սուրէն Աքըսգալ; 16 January 1944 – 20 January 2021) was a Lebanese-born American psychiatrist and professor, of Armenian descent. He is best known for his research on temperament and bipolar ...

, Armenian-American psychiatrist *

Hagop Avesyan Hakop "Jack" Avesyan (born September 22, 1988) is an American soccer player currently playing for Sacramento Republic FC in USL Pro. Career Youth and amateur Avesyan was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Hollywood. He attended La ...

(born 1988), Armenian footballer *

Hagop Baronian Hagop Baronian (pronounced in Eastern Armenian as Hakob Paronyan, traditional spelling: Յակոբ Պարոնեան, reformed spelling: Հակոբ Պարոնյան, tr, Hagop Baronyan; 1843–1891) was an influential Ottoman Armenian writer, p ...

(1843–1891), influential Ottoman Armenian writer, satirist, educator, and social figure in the 19th century *

Hagop Barsoumian Hagop Barsoumian (1 September 1936 in Aleppo, Syria - 1986) was an Armenian scholar who concentrated on Armenology, in particular studies of the Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. Dr. Barsoumian published many artic ...

(born 1936), Armenian scholar and Armenology professor. Abducted in 1986, body never found *

Hagop Chirishian Hagop Chirishian (born November 1, 1989 in Hollywood, California) is a professional American soccer player who currently a free agent. Last played for New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League. Career Youth and Amateur Chirishian, w ...

(born 1989), American soccer player of Armenian origin *

Hagop Der Hagopian Shahan Natalie ( hy, Շահան Նաթալի; July 14, 1884 – April 19, 1983) was an Armenian writer and political activist who was the principal organizer of Operation Nemesis, a campaign of revenge against officials of the former Ottoman Em ...

, real name of

Shahan Natalie Shahan Natalie ( hy, Շահան Նաթալի; July 14, 1884 – April 19, 1983) was an Armenian writer and political activist who was the principal organizer of Operation Nemesis, a campaign of revenge against officials of the former Ottoman Em ...

, Armenian writer and revolutionary, and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation *Hagop Goudsouzian, Armenian-Canadian film director known for film ''

My Son Shall Be Armenian ''My Son Shall Be Armenian'' (Original French title: ''Mon fils sera arménien'') is a 2004 Canadian documentary by Hagop Goudsouzian, who travels to Armenia and Syria with five other members of Montreal's Armenian community who lost relatives in ...

'' * Hagop Hagopian (or Agop Agopian) (1951–1988), founder and main leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) *Hakob Melik Hakobian, real name of famous Armenian novelist Raffi *

Hagop Kassarjian Hagop Kassarjian (born in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon in 1946) is a Lebanese politician of Armenian descent. Life After graduating with an engineering degree from the American University of Beirut, he joined the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (AD ...

(born 1946), Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP and minister * Hagop Kazazian Pasha (1833–1891), high-ranking Ottoman official of Armenian origin who served as the Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Privy Treasury during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II * Hagop Kevorkian, (1872-1962), Armenian-American archeologist, connoisseur of art, collector *

Hagop Oshagan Hagop Oshagan ( hy, Յակոբ Օշական; December 9, 1883 in Soloz, Bursa – February 17, 1948 in Aleppo), was an Armenian writer, playwright, and novelist. Among his many novels are the trilogy ''To One Hundred and One Years'' (Հարիւ� ...

(or Hakob Oshakan) (1883-1948), Armenian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and literary critic *

Hagop Pakradounian Hagop Pakradounian ( hy, Յակոբ Բագրատունեան, ar, هاغوب بقرادونيان), originally Hagop Pakradouni is a Lebanese politician of Armenian descent, and the leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon. ...

, Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP *

Hagop Sandaldjian Hagop Sandaldjian (1931–1990Joshua Tompkins"Honey I Shrunk the Art" '' Los Angeles Magazine'', May 1997, p.24.) was an Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor, best known for his tiny art pieces, currently displayed ...

(1931–1990), Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor ;Surname *

Anton Hagop Anton Hagop is an ARIA award-winning music producer / engineer from Australia who has worked with silverchair, Powderfinger, Missy Higgins. and Birds of Tokyo. In 2002 he won the ARIA Engineer of the Year award for his work on silverchair’s ...

, Australian music producer / engineer

Notable people named Hakob

Hakob Arshakyan Hakob Arshakyan (born 16 April 1985) is an Armenian politician from Civil Contract. He has been Vice President of the Armenian National Assembly Armenian National Assembly was the governing body of the Armenian millet in the Ottoman Empire, es ...

(born 1985), Armenian politician * Hakob Gyurjian (1881–1948), Armenian sculptor *

Hakob Hakobian (painter) Hakob Hakobyan, also spelled Hagop Hagopian ( hy, Հակոբ Հակոբյան; May 16, 1923 – March 9, 2013) was a modern Armenian painter. Hagopian was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the Armenian SSR and won the State Prize of ...

(born 1923), modern Armenian painter *

Hakob Hakobian (poet) Hakob Hakobian ( hy, Հակոբ Հակոբյան; often transliterated from Russian as Akop Akopian; 29 May 1866, in Elisavetpol – 13 November 1937, in Tbilisi), was a Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletarian poetry. Communist ...

(1866–1937), Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletary poesia * Hakob Kojoyan (1883–1959), Armenian artist *

Hakob Meghapart Hakob Meghapart ( hy, Հակոբ Մեղապարտ, Jacob the Sinner) (date of birth and death are unknown), was the first Armenian printer, the founder of the Armenian printing. His activities were developed in Venice in the beginning of the 16th ...

, first Armenian printer, the founder of the Armenian printing *

Hakob Sanasaryan Hakob Sanasaryan ( hy, Հակոբ Սանասարյան; born December 21, 1936, in Yeranos, Armenia) is a leading Armenian environmental activist, author and biochemist, the cofounder of the one of the first environmentalist groups in the former ...

(born c.1950), Armenian environmentalist campaigner and chemist * Hakob Zavriev, Armenian politician

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