Vardan ( hy, Վարդան; Vartan in

Western Armenian Western Armenian ( Classical spelling: , ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based ...

transliteration, pronounced in both Eastern and Western Armenian),

Varden Varden may refer to: People *Erik Varden (born 1974), Norwegian Roman Catholic prelate *Evelyn Varden (1893-1958), American actress *Helga Varden, American philosopher *Norma Varden (1898-1989), English actress * Varden Tsulukidze (1865–1923), Ge ...

( ka, ვარდენ) in

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

, is an Armenian name of

Middle Persian Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Per ...

origin (from Mid. Pers. Wardā), popular in Armenia and Georgia.

Saint Vardan

Saint Vardan Vardan Mamikonian ( hy, Վարդան Մամիկոնեան; – 451) was an Armenian military leader who led a rebellion against Sasanian Iran in 450–451. He was the head of the Mamikonian noble family and holder of the hereditary title of , ...

(Saint Vartan in

), an Armenian saint. See

Vardan Mamikonian Vardan Mamikonian ( hy, Վարդան Մամիկոնեան; – 451) was an Armenian military leader who led a rebellion against Sasanian Iran in 450–451. He was the head of the Mamikonian noble family and holder of the hereditary title of , ...

Given name

Vardan Adjemyan Vartan Adjemian ( hy, Վարդան Աճեմյան, , ; born 27 April 1956) is an Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic, and chamber music whose works have been performed worldwide. Career Adjemian studied composition with prominent Armenian ...

, Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic and chamber works * Vardan Adzemian (born 1984), American soccer player of Armenian heritage *

Vardan Aigektsi Vardan Aygektsi or Vardan of Aygek ( hy, Վարդան Այգեկցի, died 1250) was an Armenian monk. Among his works is ''his Fables and a Geography'', both of which have been mistakenly attributed by some to Vardan Areveltsi. Aygektsi was bo ...

(died 1250), Armenian author *

Vardan Ajemian Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian ( hy, Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյանը; September 15, 1905 in Van, Ottoman Empire – January 24, 1977 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia) was an Armenian theatrical director and actor. He was named People's Artist of USS ...

(1905–1977), Soviet Armenian theatral director and actor, People's Artist of USSR (1965) *

Vardan Areveltsi Vardan ( hy, wikt:Վարդան, Վարդան; Vartan (disambiguation), Vartan in Western Armenian transliteration, pronounced in both Eastern and Western Armenian), Varden (disambiguation), Varden ( ka, ვარდენ) in Georgian language, G ...

(1198–1271), Armenian historian, geographer, philosopher and translator *

Vardan Ayvazyan Vardan Ayvazyan ( hy, Վարդան Այվազյան; born 7 November 1961) is the current Ecology Minister of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of ...

, the current Ecology Minister of Armenia *

Vardan Bostanjyan Vardan Bostanjyan (born 9 September 1949) is an Armenian politician. He attended at Yerevan State University. Tumanyan served as a Prosperous Armenia member of the National Assembly of Armenia from 1999 to 2003. He also served as ambassador ...

(born 1949), Armenian politician *

Vardan Ghazaryan Vardan Martun Ghazaryan (; ; born 1 December 1969) is a football coach and former player. Born in Armenia, Ghazaryan moved to Lebanon and obtained citizenship through naturalisation in 1994. He played for Homenetmen and Sagesse as a striker, ...

(born 1969), Lebanese-Armenian footballer *

Vardan Khachatryan Vardan Khachatryan ( hy, Վարդան Խաչատրյան, born 29 October 1968) is an Armenian former football who played as a defender. He was a member of the Armenia national football team, and played 30 matches and scored 1 goal since his de ...

(born 1968), former Armenian football defender *

Vardan Kushnir Vardan Vardanovich Kushnir (22 November 1969 – 24 July 2005) was a notorious spammer of Armenian-Jewish descent who ran the American Language Center (ALC) and who is believed to have spammed the entire population of Russian-language Internet u ...

(1969–2005), spammer of Armenian descent *

Vardan Mamikonian (musician) Vardan Mamikonian is an Armenian pianist, and also a naturalised French citizen. Mamikonian was born into a musical family. He began his piano studies at the Yerevan School of Music at the age of 6. He continued his studies at the Moscow Conserva ...

, Armenian pianist, and a naturalised French citizen *

Vardan Mazalov Vardan Mazalov (russian: Вартан Александрович Мазалов; hy, Վարդան Մազալով; born on 14 October 1983) is a Russian former football forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward ...

(born 1983), Uzbek SSR born Armenian football striker *

Vardan Militosyan Vardan Militosyan ( hy, Վարդան Միլիտոսյան, 8 June 1950 – 29 April 2015) was a Soviet Armenian former weightlifter. He was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1976. Early life Born in Leninak ...

(born 1950), Armenian weightlifter *

Vardan Minasyan Vardan Minasyan ( hy, Վարդան Մինասյան; born 5 January 1974) is a former Armenian footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the former football manager of FC Taraz in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Minasyan has been largely cred ...

(born 1974), Armenian football manager and former player *

Vardan Oskanyan Vartan Minasi Oskanian ( hy, Վարդան Մինասի Օսկանյան; born February 7, 1954) is the former Foreign Minister of Armenia (1998–2008) and founder of the Civilitas Foundation. Early life and career Born into a wealthy Armenian ...

(born 1955), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia during 1998–2008 *

Vardan Voskanyan Vardan Voskanyan ( hy, Վարդան Ոսկանյան , born 1 January 1972 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian judoka. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also ...

(born 1972), Armenian judoka

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Saint Vardan

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