1. | YEDIGAR | From Persian word yadigar "angel". It was very common in XIX c. (esp. in villages). Now it is out of use. The short form is Yedo, the corresponding surnames are Yedoyan, Yedigaryan. |
2. | YEGHIA | From Hebrew name Eliyya. The Russian variant of this name (Ilya) is also met. |
3. | YEGHIAZAR | Is of Hebrew origin, which came from Greek name Heleazar. The short forms are Yegho, Yeghik; the corresponding surname is Yeghiazaryan. |
4. | YEGHSHEH | Is of Hebrew origin, an old borrowing which came in two ways, from Assyrian (Yeghishe) and Greek (Yeghise). There also was the form Yelise, which came from Old Jewish. The short form is Yeghish.… 0.2 KB |
5. | YEGOR | From Russian name Yegor which means "farmer". It is one of the forms of the Russian name Grigoriy (Greek georgos). |
6. | YENGIBAR | From Turkish yengi "new" and Persian bar "foetus" i.e. "new fruit, foetus". It is out of use now. We also have the short form Yengo and the surnames Yengibaryan, Yengoyan. |
7. | YENOK(Yenovk) | From Hebrew name Xanokh "devoted". The old form Yenovk is out of use now. |
8. | YEPRANOS | From Greek name Euphronios "happy", "joyful".The diminutive forms are Yeprik, Eprik, the corresponding surnames are Yepranosyan, Eprikyan. |
9. | YEPREM | From Hebrew name Efraim which means "growing", "fluffy", "thick", "fertile". It is still in use as well as the surname Yeremyan. |
10. | YERAM | From Armenian word yeram "flock", "group". Only the surname Yeramyan is in use now. |