Karapet or Garabet or Garabed is a common Armenian given name. They may refer to: *a pre-Christian Armenian thunder-god, Karapet

Religion

*Karabet () or Garabed (Western Armenian), the Armenian name for '' prodromos'', referring to

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*St. Karapet, a church of the Noravank monastery * Saint Karapet Monastery, at Glak, a 4th-century Armenian monastery *

Saint Karapet Monastery of Aprakunis St. Karapet Monastery of Aprakunis (), was an Armenian Apostolic monastery, in the Julfa district of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (, ) is a landlocked country, landlocked Enclave and exclave, exclave o ...

, Armenian monastery in Nakhchivan *Karapet, a church of the Khtzkonk monastery near Ani * Saint Karapet Church, Tbilisi, Armenian church in Tbilisi, Georgia * St. Karapet's Church, Rostov-on-Don

Given name

Karapet

* Karapet II of Armenia (died 1729), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1726–1729) * Karapet Agadzhanian (1876–1955), Russian-Armenian psychiatrist, neurologist and neuroanatomist * Karapet Chalyan (born 1993), Armenian wrestler * Karapet Chobanyan (born 1927), Armenian scientist * Karapet Karapetyan (born 1982), also known as Karapet Papijan, Armenian-Dutch kickboxer * Karapet Mikaelyan (born 1969), Russia-born Armenian football (soccer) player * Karapet Rubinyan (born 1957), Armenian politician * Karapet Utudjian (1823–1904), Armenian Ottoman journalist, publicist, and writer * Karapetê Xaço (died 2005), Armenian singer of traditional Kurdish

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music * Karapet Yeghiazaryan (1932–2006), Armenian painter * Karapet (bridge player), fictional Armenian expatriate contract bridge player created by Victor Mollo (1909–1987)

Garabed

* Garabed "Chuck" Haytaian (born 1938), American politician of Armenian origin, who was the Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly * Garabed T. K. Giragossian (20th century), Armenian engineer * Garabed Krikorian, 19th-century Armenian photographer * Garabed Pashayan Khan (1864–1915), Armenian physician, doctor and public activist * Garo Yepremian (Garabed "Garo" Yepremian) (1944–2015), American football placekicker of Armenian origin

Garabet

* Garabet Amira Balyan (1800–1866), Armenian Ottoman, renowned engineer * Garabet Artin Davoudian (1816–1873), Armenian Ottoman diplomat and governor * Garabet Avedissian (born 1959), Uruguayan football manager *

Garabet Ibrăileanu Garabet Ibrăileanu (; May 23, 1871 – March 11, 1936) was a Romanian-Armenian literary critic and theorist, writer, translator, sociologist, University of Iași professor (1908–1934), and, together with Paul Bujor and Constantin Stere, fo ...

(1871–1936), Romanian-Armenian literary critic and theorist, writer, editor, translator, sociologist, professor * Garabet Tavitjan (born 1953), Macedonian drummer of Armenian descent * Garabet Yazmaciyan (1868–1929), Ottoman painter of Armenian descent

Middle name

* Charles Garabed Atamian (1872–1947), French painter of Armenian descent * Levon Garabed Baljian (1908–1994), Armenian Supreme Patriarch * Nshan Ara Garabed Topouzian (1966–2010), Armenian Apostolic clergyman * Sarkis Garabet Soghanalian (1929–2011), Armenian arms dealer

Surname

* Arin Karapet (born 1988), Swedish politician * Balabekh Karapet (died 1915),

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in the Ottoman Empire