Mkrtich

Mkrtich (Eastern Armenian pronunciation, pronounced Mgrdich in Western Armenian;^[1] Armenian: Մկրտիչ) is an Armenian male given name, meaning Baptist in Armenian.^[2] The name refers originally to John the Baptist, known as Surb Hovhannes Mkrtich (Saint-John the Baptist) in Armenian.^[3] The widespread family name Mkrtchyan is formed from this given name.

The name is usually romanized directly into English as Mkrtich, but other romanizations are found:

• Mkrtich Achemian (1838–1917), Constantinople-born Armenian poet
• Mkrtich Armen (1906–1972), Soviet Armenian writer
• Mkrtich Arzumanyan (born 1976), Armenian actor and comedian
• Mkrtich Avetisian (1864–1896), Armenian journalist and political figure
• Mkrtich Beshiktashlian (1828–1868), Ottoman Armenian poet, playwright and educator
• Mkrtich Gardashian (1894–1938), Soviet Armenian medic and statesman
• Mkrtich Hovhannisyan (born 1970), Armenian footballer
• Mkrtich Khan Davidkhanian (1902–1983), Iranian military officer and politician of Armenian descent
• Mkrtich Khrimian (1820–1907), Catholicos of All Armenians
• Poloz Mukuch (born Mkrtich Malkonyan, 1881–1931), Armenian satirist and fabulist
• Mkrtich Mazmanian (born 1944), Armenian sculptor
• Mkrtich Naghash (1394–1470), Armenian painter, poet and priest
• Mekertich Portukalian (1848–1921), Armenian teacher and journalist
• Gourgen Mkrtich Yanikian (1895–1984), Armenian genocide survivor and assassin

The name is romanized in Turkish as Mıgırdiç:

• Mıgırdiç Civanyan (1848–1906), Ottoman painter of Armenian descent
• Mıgırdiç Mıgıryan (1882–1915), athlete who represented the Ottoman Empire in the 1912 Olympic Games
• Mıgırdiç Margosyan (1938–2022), Turkish-language Armenian author