Avetis and its variant Avedis (Armenian: Ավետիս ''Avetis'', from ավետիս ''avetis'', “good news”, alternative form: ավետիք ''avetikʿ'', cf. Avetik) is a proper male name in Armenian. This given name is pronounced as �vɛˈtisin

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 ...

, and as �vɛˈdisin Western Armenian. Avetisyan, Avetissyan, Avetisian, Avetissian are Armenian patronymic surnames that derive from ''Avetis'' (Avedisyan, Avedissyan, Avedisian, Avedissian derive from the variant pronunciation ''Avedis''). Avetis (or Avedis) means evangel or gospel in Armenian, referring to the gospel (or good news) of Jesus Christ.

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Avetis Aharonyan Avetis Aharonian () (4 January 1866 – 20 March 1948) was an Armenian politician, writer, public figure and revolutionary, also part of the Armenian national movement. Biography Aharonian was born in 1866 in Surmali, Erivan Governorate, Ru ...

, an Armenian politician, writer, public figure and revolutionary *Avetis Isahakyan, better known as Avetik Isahakyan * Avetis Nazarbekian (1866–1939), also known as Nazarbek or Lerents, an Armenian poet, journalist, political activist and revolutionary. One of the founders of Social Democrat Hunchakian Party * Avetis Sultan-Zade (1889–1938), Persian-Armenian communist revolutionary and economist, a founder of the Communist Party of Persia

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Avedis Boghos Derounian Arthur Derounian (born Avedis Boghos Derounian (), (other quote elided) April 9, 1909 – April 23, 1991), also known as John Roy Carlson among many pen names, was an Armenian-American journalist and author, best-selling author of ''Under Cover' ...

(1909–1991), American Armenian writer better known as

Arthur Derounian Arthur Derounian (born Avedis Boghos Derounian (), (other quote elided) April 9, 1909 – April 23, 1991), also known as John Roy Carlson among many pen names, was an Armenian-American journalist and author, best-selling author of ''Under Cover' ...

and by the pen name John Roy Carlson * Avedis Donabedian (1919–2000), Lebanese-Armenian physician * Avedis Kendir (born 1959), Turkish Armenian jeweler *

Avedis Yapoudjian Avedis Yapoudjian ( hy, Աւետիս Եափուճեան; January 10, 1931 in Cairo, Egypt – July 5, 2017 in Sydney, Australia), was an Armenian journalist, historian and writer. Biography He was born in Cairo, Egypt to Hovannes Yapoudjian an ...

(1931–2017), Armenian journalist, historian and writer * Avedis Zildjian Company, established by Avedis Zildjian

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