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 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 around the ...

. This given name is pronounced as �vɛˈtisin

Eastern Armenian Eastern Armenian () 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, Russia, as well as Georgia, and by the Armeni ...

, and as �vɛˈdisin

Western Armenian Western Armenian ( ) 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 on the Yerevan Arme ...

. Avetisyan, Avetissyan, Avetisian, Avetissian are Armenian

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

surnames that derive from ''Avetis'' (Avedisyan, Avedissyan, Avedisian, Avedissian derive from the variant pronunciation ''Avedis''). Avetis (or Avedis) means evangel or

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message w ...

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, R ...

, an Armenian politician, writer, public figure and revolutionary *Avetis Isahakyan, better known as

Avetik Isahakyan Avetik Sahaki Isahakyan (; October 30, 1875 – October 17, 1957) was an Armenian lyric poet, writer and public activist. Biography Isahakyan was born in Alexandropol (present-day Gyumri, Armenia) in 1875. He was educated at the Gevorgian S ...

Avetis Nazarbekian Avetis Vardani Nazarbekian (, 1866–1939), also known as ''Nazarbek'', ''Avo'' and ''Lerents'', was an Armenian poet, journalist, political activist and revolutionary. He was one of the founders of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party. Biography ...

(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 Avetis Sultanovich Sultan-Zade (born Avetis Mikaelian; ; ; ; 1889 – 16 July 1938) was a Persian-born ethnic Armenian communist revolutionary and economist, best remembered as one of the founders of the Communist Party of Iran. Sultan-Zade was ...

(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, the best-selling author of ''Under Co ...

(1909–1991), American Armenian writer better known as Arthur Derounian and by the pen name John Roy Carlson *

Avedis Donabedian Avedis Donabedian (7 January 1919 – 9 November 2000) was a physician and founder of the study of quality in health care and medical outcomes research, most famously as a creator of the Donabedian model of care. Early life Avedis Donabedia ...

(1919–2000), Lebanese-Armenian physician * Avedis Kendir (born 1959), Turkish Armenian jeweler * Avedis Yapoudjian (1931–2017), Armenian journalist, historian and writer *

Avedis Zildjian Company The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded by the ethnic Armenians, Armenian Zildjian family in the 17th-century Ottoman Empi ...

, established by Avedis Zildjian

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