31. | VAZGEN | From Old Persian name having the en particle (like Gurgen, Zaven, Suren). H. Ajaryan connects this name with Zend vazaga "frog". It is very popular now. |
32. | VELIKHAN | From Arabian veli "master", "defender" and Persian xan "prince" which came through Turkish in XVII-XVIII c. and is used till now. We also have the surname Velikhanyan. |
33. | VERDI | From Turkish verdi "gave" which is the short form of the names Allahverdi, Khudaverdi often used independently. The corresponding surname is Verdyan. |
34. | VIGEN | From Latin name Vincentes (vinco "win") i.e. "victory". It corresponds to the name Viktor. It is in use since XII c. till now. |
35. | VIKTOR | From Latin victor "victory" which came through Russian and is used till now. |
36. | VILEN | Is an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. There is also the form Viulen where u stands for Ulyanov. It can be met now. |
37. | VILHELM | From German name Wilhelm which came at the beginning of XX c. by means of literature. |
38. | VIRAP | From the name of the monastery Khor-Virap which is used since XV c. Now only the surname Virapyan is used. |
39. | VLADIMIR | From Russian name Vladimir, which comes from Old Slavonic vladeti "to own" and mir "nation" i.e. "nation's owner". It is common now. The short form is Volodya, which is used independently. |
40. | VOSKAN | From Armenian voski "gold" which was also met in the form Oskan in Tbilisi. The corresponding surname is Voskanyan. |