Krikor is a

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 ...

given name, equivalent to

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 ...

given name

Grigor Grigor is a masculine given name and a surname. Variants include Gregory, Gregor, Grigori, Grigory, and in Western Armenian as Krikor or Kirkor. People with the given name * Grigor III Pahlavuni (1093–1166), Armenian catholicos * Grigor A ...

and the English equivalent

Gregory Gregory may refer to: People and fictional characters * Gregory (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Gregory (surname), a surname *Gregory (The Walking Dead), fictional character from the walkin ...

and its variants in different languages. A diminutive of the name is Koko. A variant is Kirkor. Notable people with the name include:

Religion

Gregory of Narek Grigor Narekatsi (; anglicized as Gregory of Narek; – 1003/1011) was an Armenian mystical and lyrical poet, monk, and theologian. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic Churches and was declared a Doctor of t ...

(951–1003), or Krikor Naregatsi, Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher, theologian and saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church ;Catholicoi *

Gregory the Illuminator Gregory the Illuminator ( – ) was the founder and first official Catholicos of All Armenians, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He Christianization of Armenia, converted Armenia from Zoroastrianism in Armenia, Zoroastrianism to Chris ...

(257–331), patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church *

Gregory II the Martyrophile Gregory II the Martyrophile () was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1065 and 1105. Life Origin Gregory was born under the name Vahram as the son of Grigor Magistros, a member of the princely Pahlavuni family and Doux of ...

(1035–1105), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1066-1105) *

Gregory IV the Young Gregory IV Dgha ("the Child", or "the Young") was the Catholicos of Armenia, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1173 to 1193. Despite his nickname, he was around forty when he assumed the role of Catholicos. When Nerses IV the Grac ...

(1173–1193) *

Gregory V of Cilicia Gregory V of Cilicia () was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1193 to 1194. Upon the death of Catholicos Gregory IV the Young Gregory IV Dgha ("the Child", or "the Young") was the Catholicos of Armenia, Catholicos of the Arm ...

(1193–1194) *

Gregory VI of Cilicia Gregory VI of Cilicia (; also Gregory VI Apiratsi or Grigor VI Apirat) was the Catholicos of the Armenian Church from 1194 to 1203, located in Sis. In 1198, he proclaimed a union between Rome and the Armenian Church. Gregory VI was a nephew of G ...

(1194–1203) *

Gregory VII of Cilicia Gregory VII was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1293 and 1307. Gregory succeeded Stephen IV who died in captivity in Egypt. The location of the Holy See at Hromkla, Rumkale had recently been destroyed by the Mamluk, Mamalu ...

(1293–1307) *Gregory VIII of Cilicia (1411–1418) * Gregory IX of Cilicia (1439–1446) *Gregory X (1443–1465) *Gregory XI (1536–1545) *Gregory XII (1576–1590) ;Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem *Krikor Yetesattzi of Jerusalem (669–696) *Patriarch Krikor of Jerusalem (981–1006) *Patriarch Krikor of Jerusalem (1356–1363) *Patriarch Krikor Kantzagehtzee of Jerusalem (1613–1645) *Krikor Shiravantzee (Chainbearer) (1715–1749) ;Armenian patriarchs of Constantinople *Patriarch Krikor I of Constantinople (1526–1537) *Patriarch Krikor II of Constantinople (1601–1608, 1611–1621, 1623–1626) *Patriarch Krikor III of Constantinople (1764–1773) *Patriarch Krikor IV of Constantinople (1801–1802) ;Contemporary * Krikor Bedros XV Agagianian or

Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian (; anglicized: ''Gregory Peter''; Western , ''Krikor Bedros ŽĒ. Aghajanian''; born Ghazaros Aghajanian, 15 September 1895 – 16 May 1971) was an Armenian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the hea ...

(1895–1971), Patriarch Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church (1937–1962) and Catholic cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (1958–1970) * Krikor Balakian (1875–1934), Armenian bishop *

Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, I.P.C.B. () also known in English as Gregory Peter XX Gabroyan and in French as Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan (14 November 1934 – 25 May 2021) was the Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church ...

(born 1934), Patriarch-Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church

Persons carrying the name Krikor

Krikor Agathon Krikor Agathon (26 November 1900 – c. November 1979) was an Egyptian shooting sports, sport shooter and épée fencing, fencer. He competed at two Olympic Games. He later worked as a sports administrator in Egypt and France, and was awarded ...

(1901–1979), Egyptian sport shooter, fencer and Olympian * Krikor Agopian (born 1942), Lebanese Armenian painter * Krikor Alozian (born 1979), Lebanese Armenian footballer * Krikor Amirian (1888–1964), Armenian Revolutionary, who participated in the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia *

Krikor Ayvazian Krikor Ayvazian (b. Marash, Ottoman Empire 27 June 1912 - d. Aleppo, Syria 21 January 1997) was the Armenian Catholic Bishop of Qamishli. Life Krikor Ayvazian was consecrated on September 6, 1936, as a priest in the Armenian Catholic Church ...

(1912–1997), Armenian Catholic Bishop of Qamishli *

Krikor Azaryan Krikor Stepan Azaryan (; 15 March 1934 – 14 December 2009) was a Bulgarian director. A Bulgarian Armenian, Azaryan was born in Plovdiv. He graduated from what is today the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia in 19 ...

(1934–2009), Bulgarian Armenian theatre director *

Krikor Badrossian Krikor Badrossian was an Armenian communist politician. He was a musician by profession. Badrossian arrived in Baghdad from Lebanon in 1937, where he joined the Iraqi Communist Party The Iraqi Communist Party ( '; ) is a communist party and the ...

, 20th-century Armenian communist politician *

Krikor 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 ...

(1764–1831), Armenian architect *

Krikor Beledian Krikor Beledian (, born Beirut, 1945) is a prolific Armenian poet, novelist, and literary critic living in France. After graduating from the Armenian Lyceum Nshan Palandjian of Beirut, he moved to Paris in 1967, where he studied philosophy at th ...

(born 1945), Lebanese-born Armenian writer, literary critic, and translator living in France *

Krikor Bogharian Krikor Bogharian was a diarist and an Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of ...

, Armenian diarist and genocide survivor *

Krikor Guerguerian Krikor Guerguerian (12 May 1911 ( Gürün) – 7 May 1988 ( New York)) was a Reverend Father of the Catholic Church. He is known for the ''Krikor Guerguerian Archive'', a collection of documents concerning the Armenian genocide. Early life Guergu ...

(1911–1988), Armenian Catholic cleric and genocide archivist *

Krikor Kalfayan Krikor Proff Kalfayan (; 1873–1949) was an Armenian writer, lecturer, musician, and musicologist. Life Of Armenian descent, Krikor Kalfayan was born in Bursa, Ottoman Empire in 1873. His father was an architect. Krikor Kalfayan attained his prim ...

(1873–1949), Armenian writer, lecturer, musician, and musicologist *

Krikor Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (; born 15 November 1986) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster, streamer, and the current Director of Portuguese Content for Chess.com. He is a two-time Brazilian Chess Champion. Early life Born to a Brazilian mother and a ...

(born 1986), Brazilian Armenian chess grandmaster *

Krikor Odian Krikor Odian (, December 9, 1834 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire - August 6, 1887, Paris, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include ...

(1834–1887), Ottoman Armenian jurist, politician and writer *Krikor Ohanian, original name of

Mike Connors Krekor Ohanian (August 15, 1925 – January 26, 2017), known professionally as Mike Connors, was an American actor. He was best known for playing private detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series ''Mannix'' from 1967 to 1975. This role ...

(1925–2017), American actor * Krikor Pambuccian (1915–1996), Armenian–Romanian professor of pathology *

Krikor Peshtimaldjian Krikor Peshtimaldjian (, Born Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey 1778 - died Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey January, 1839) was an ethnic Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus regio ...

(1778–1839), Ottoman Armenian philosopher, educator, translator, and linguist * Krikor Torosian (1884–1915), Armenian satirist, journalist and publisher *

Krikor Zohrab Krikor Zohrab (; 26 June 1861 – 1915) was an influential Armenian writer, politician, and lawyer from Ottoman Constantinople, Constantinople. At the onset of the Armenian genocide he was arrested by the Turkish government and sent to appear bef ...

(1861–1915), Ottoman Armenian writer

Middle name

* Haroutune Krikor Daghlian, Jr. (1921–1945), Armenian physicist of the Manhattan Project * Mihran Krikor Kassabian (1870–1910), Armenian American physician

Others

Grégoire Aslan Grégoire Aslan (born Krikor Kaloust Aslanian (); 28 March 1908 – 8 January 1982) was a Swiss-Armenian actor and musician. Early life He was born to an Armenian family in Switzerland or in Constantinople, according to different sources. He m ...

(Coco) born Krikor Aslanian (1908–1982), Swiss ethnic Armenian actor and musician *

Gregor (musician) Krikor Kélékian (February 28, 1898 – 1971), better known as Gregor, was an Ottoman-French jazz bandleader of Armenian origin. Gregor founded a group called the Gregorians in France in 1928, whose sidemen included Philippe Brun, Edmond Cohanie ...

(1898–1971), born Krikor Kélékian, jazz bandleader

Religion

Persons carrying the name Krikor

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