Sarkis (, ) is a masculine given name and surname. The name may also be alternatively spelled/written as

Sargis Sargis (, ; , ) is a masculine given name and surname that is used in both Armenian and Assyrian communities. The name ultimately derived from the Latin name Sergius (name), Sergius, and is partly derived from the name's Classical Syriac form. Th ...

, used by both Armenians and Assyrians.

People with the mononym

Notable figures who use "Sarkis" as a mononym include: *

Sargis the General Saint Sargis the General or Sergius Stratelates (; died 362/3) was a Cappadocian Greek general who is revered as a martyr and military saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church and Assyrian Church of the East (January 5). The name Sargis (Sarkis) is ...

or Sarkis the Warrior, a 4th century martyr and military saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church **

Saint Sarkis Monastery of Ushi Saint Sarkis Monastery (; also Surp Sarkis Vank) is a large monastic complex, just outside the village of Ushi in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It sits at the far side of what was once a settlement site from the 3rd - 1st millennia BC. The ...

, in Armenia * Sarkis, the name of three Armenian patriarchs of Jerusalem * Sarkis I of Armenia, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church 992–1019 * Sarkis II the Relic-Carrier, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church 1469–1474 *

Sarkis Rizzi Sarkis Rizzi, or Sarkis el-Rizzi (in Arabic:سركيس الرزي, in Latin: Sergius Risius, born in 1572 in Bkoufa, Lebanon - died in June 1638 in Rome) was a Lebanese Maronite bishop. On his initiative, he was the first clergyman to print of a bo ...

(1572–1638), head of the Maronite Church 1581–1597 * Aïbeg and Serkis, 13th century Mongol envoys to Europe *

Sergius and Bacchus Sergius (or Serge) and Bacchus (Greek: Σέργιος & Βάκχος; ; , also called ) were fourth-century Syrian Christian soldiers revered as martyrs and military saints by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches. Their ...

, or variant spellings, 4th century Syrian Christian soldiers revered as martyrs and military saints

People with the given name

Notable people who use "Sarkis" as a given name include: *

Sarkis Acopian Sarkis Acopian (; December 8, 1926 – January 18, 2007) was an inventor, industrialist, environmentalist, and humanitarian. Early life Acopian was born in the Iranian city of Tabriz in a family of Armenian refugees from the Ottoman Empire. He c ...

(1926–2007), inventor, industrialist, environmentalist, and humanitarian * Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo (born 1962), Iraqi Assyrian politician and government minister in Iraqi Kurdistan *

Sarkis Assadourian Sarkis Assadourian (born January 25, 1948) is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. He became the first Armenian-Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons, with great support of the Armenian community of Toronto. Backgro ...

(born 1948), Armenian-Canadian politician and MP in the Canadian Parliament (House of Commons) *

(born 1948), Iranian-Armenian fencer * Sarkis Balasanian (born 1978), musical artist *

Sarkis Balyan The Balyan family (; ) was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dynasty during the 18th and 19th centuries. For five generations, they designed ...

(1835–1899), Ottoman Armenian designer and artist *

Sarkis Bedikian Sarkis Bedikian (in Armenian: Սարգիս Պետիկեան), also known as Sarkis Bedoukian (1908–August 21, 1944), was born around 1908 in Zeitoun, Ottoman Empire, and died on August 21, 1944, in Marseille. He was an Armenian FTP-MOI resistance ...

(1908–1944), Armenian resistance fighter during the Battle of Marseille *

Sarkis Bohosjan Sarkis Bohosjan (; born 27 March 1941) is a Bulgarian chess International Master (1978), Bulgarian Chess Championship winner (1972). Biography Sarkis Bohosjan active chess player career was in the period from 1967 to 1981. He won the Bulgarian C ...

(born 1941), Bulgarian chess player *

Sarkis Diranian Sarkis Diranian (; 1854 - 1938) was an Armenian orientalist painter. Originally from the Ottoman Empire, he was established for many years in Paris. Life Diranian was born in 1854 in Constantinople and studied art at the school of drawing and ...

(1854–1918), Armenian orientalist painter *

Sarkis Djanbazian Sarkis Djanbazian (; ), also written as Sarkis Janbazian, (15 January 1913 in Armavir – 11 December 1963 in Tehran) was a Russian-born Iranian-Armenian artist. He was the first male ballet master, dancer, choreographer, producer, as well ...

(1913–1963), Iranian-Armenian artist *

Sarkis Dkhrouni Sarkis Dkhrouni (''Տխրունի'', meaning ''Sad'', ''Sarkis Kederian, Սարգիս Քէտէրեան'') was an Armenian political figure and editor. Armenian Dkhrouhi Youth Association is named after him. Biography Dkhruni was born in Sis in 1 ...

(1898–1929), Armenian politician and writer *

Sarkis Elgkian Sarkis Elgkian (, born 24 March 1972) is a retired Armenian-Greek Greco Roman wrestler. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly ...

(born 1972), retired Armenian-Greek wrestler *

Sarkis Erganian Sarkis Erganian (; 1870 in Trabzon, Ottoman Empire – 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri) was an Ottoman Armenian painter. See also * Armenians in Turkey Armenians in Turkey (; or , ), one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated pop ...

(1870–1950), Ottoman Armenian painter *

Sarkis Hayrapetyan Sarkis Hayrapetyan ( ''Sargis Hayrapetyany''; born 22 July 1992) is an Armenian figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in ...

(born 1992), Armenian figure skater *

Sarkis Hovanessian Aram Manukian (19 March 187929 January 1919) was an Armenian revolutionary, statesman, and a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) party. He is widely regarded as the founder of the First Republic of Armenia. ...

(1879–1919), the birth name of Aram Manukian, Armenian statesman and revolutionary *

Sarkis Jebejian Sarkis Jebejian (, Jebeji, 1864–1920) was an Armenian military leader, the head of the self-defense of Hadjin (1920). Biography Jebejian was born in Kayseri. In 1914 when he witnessed the extermination of Armenian soldiers in the Turkish army, h ...

(1864–1920), Armenian military leader *

Sarkis Kasyan Sarkis Hovhannesi Kasyan or Kasian (''Qosyan'', (), , 1876, Shushi - December 11, 1937) was an Armenian Soviet statesman, politician, publicist and journalist. He was arrested and later shot in 1937 during the Great Purge. He was posthumously r ...

(1876–1937), Soviet-Armenian statesman and politician *

Sarkis Katchadourian Sarkis Katchadourian (, August 9, 1886 – March 4, 1947) was an Armenian artist. Biography Sarkis Katchadourian was born on August 9, 1886, in Malatya in the family of Sarkis and Varduhi. He received his primary education in Armenian Evangelica ...

(1886–1947), Armenian artist *

Sarkis Lole Sarkis Elyas Lole (), also known as Levon, was a prominent Armenians, Armenian architect of the Ottoman Empire. Lole was the chief architect () of Mardin and responsible for much of the late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century architecture of ...

, 20th-century Ottoman Armenian architect * Sarkis Martirosyan (1900–1984), Soviet-Armenian general in the Red Army * Sarkis Mazmanian (born 1972), Armenian-American microbiologist * Sarkis Minassian (1873–1915), Armenian activist killed during the Armenian genocide * Sarkis Moussa (born 1929), Lebanese boxer *

Sarkis Mubayeajian Sargis Mubayeajian (; January 31, 1860 – May 27, 1937), better known by his pen name Atrpet (''Adrbed'' in Western Armenian, ), was a prolific and multifarious Armenian writer. Biography Having been educated in Kars and Constantinople, he ...

(1860–1937), better known by his pen name Atrpet, Armenian novelist and writer * Sarkis Ordyan (1918–2003), Ukrainian-Armenian painter *

Sarkis Sarchayan Sarkis Asatovich Sarchayan (; 26 November 1947 - 21 January 2021), was a male former international table tennis player from Soviet Union. At his peak, he was ranked 7th in the World Rankings. Career Junior career In his childhood, Sarchayan pl ...

(1947–2021), Soviet table tennis player * Sarkis Soghanalian (1929–2011), nicknamed Merchant of Death, an international private arms dealer * Sarkis Torossian (1891–1954), Ottoman Armenian military general * Sarkis Zabunyan (born 1938), better known as just Sarkis, Armenian-Turkish-French conceptual artist * Sarkis Zeitlian (1930–1985), Lebanese Armenian politician and journalist

Middle name

Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (; ; 23 March 1869 – 20 July 1955) was an Ottoman-born British Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development a ...

(1869–1955), British Armenian businessman and philanthropist *

Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian (; 2 June 1896 – 10 January 1972) was an Armenian-British business magnate and socialite born in the Ottoman empire. During World War II, he helped organize the underground network that would become known as the Pa ...

(1896–1972), British Armenian businessman and socialite

People with the surname

Notable people who use "Sarkis" as a surname include: * Abe Sarkis (1913–1991), American mobster (Boston) * Angela Sarkis (born 1955), American businesswoman *

Charles Sarkis Charles Frederick Sarkis (January 30, 1940 – March 11, 2018) was an American restaurateur and dog racetrack owner who founded the Back Bay Restaurant Group and owned Wonderland Greyhound Park. Early life Sarkis was raised in Milton, Massachuse ...

(1940–2018), American restaurateur and dog racetrack owner *

Elias Sarkis Elias ( ; ) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (; ; , or ), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated tradit ...

(1924–1985), Lebanese lawyer and politician, President of Lebanon from 1976 to 1982 * Ghassan Sarkis (born 1957), Lebanese-French basketball coach * Hashim Sarkis (born 1964), Lebanese architect * Inanna Sarkis (born 1993), Assyrian-Bulgarian YouTuber * Joseph Sarkis (born 1949), Lebanese politician and government minister * Joseph Elian Sarkis (1856–1932), Syrian writer and translator * Karl Sarkis (born 1986), Lebanese basketball player *

Nazira Farah Sarkis Nazira Farah Sarkis is a Syrian politician and the State Minister for Environment Affairs of Syria. She is an ethnic Armenian. Early life Nazira Farah Sarkis was born in 1962 in Aleppo, Syria. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in chemical science ...

(born 1962), Syrian-Armenian former Minister of Environment Affairs *

Rolf Sarkis The European Film Actor School (EFAS) is an educational establishment located in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded in 1990 in Richterswil by Rolf Sarkis. EFAS was focused on film and television acting. This was a major difference from the t ...

, founder of the European Film Actor School * Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, specialist in the treatment of ADD/ADHD and medical writer