Petrosyan

Petrosyan
Family name
Pronunciation	[pɛtɾosˈjɑn]
Meaning	"son of Petros"
Region of origin	Armenia

Petrosyan (Armenian: Պետրոսյան), Petrosian, Petrossian, Bedrosian or Bedrossian is one of the most common surnames in Armenia. It is a patronymic from the Armenian first name Petros (equivalent to Peter, making the name effectively equivalent to Peterson).

The following people share this surname:

Armenak Petrosyan (born 1973), Armenian professional footballer
Giorgio Petrosyan (born 1985), Italian-American professional welterweight kickboxer
Leonard Petrosyan (1953–1999), Nagorno-Karabakh Republic politican; second Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President (March 1997 – September 1997)
Yevgeny Petrosyan (born 1945), Russian stand-up comedian

Steve Bedrosian (born 1947), American former Major League Baseball player

Pascal Bedrossian (born 1974), French professional footballer

Arshak Petrosian (born 1953), Armenian chess grandmaster
Manouk Petrosian, Armenian scholar and theologian
Tigran Petrosian (1929–1984), Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster and world champion
Tigran L. Petrosian (born 1984), Armenian chess grandmaster
Vahé Petrosian, American astrophysicist and cosmologist

Levon Ter-Petrossian (born 1945), Armenian politician; first Armenian President (1991–1998)

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