Bedros

Bedros (Armenian: Պետրոս) is the Western Armenian pronunciation of the Armenian given name Petros, deriving from Greek Petros and equivalent to English Peter. All Armenian Catholic Patriarch-Catholicoi have Bedros as a middle name. Bedrosian (Eastern Armenian Petrosyan), meaning "son of Bedros/Petros," is also a common Armenian given name.

People with the given name include:

Religious figures in the Armenian Apostolic Church

• Peter I of Armenia, i.e. Bedros I Ketadarz (d. 1058)
• Bedros IV of Cilicia, Bedros IV Sarajian (1870–1940), Armenian Catholicos of Great House of Cilicia
• Various men who served as Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople
• Various men who served as Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem

Others

• Bedros (Bedik), Armenian merchant magnate of late 16th and first half of the 17th centuries
• Petros Adamian or Bedros Atamian (1849–1891), Ottoman-Armenian actor, poet, writer, artist and public figure
• Bedros Bedrosian (born 1955), Romanian-Armenian triple jumper
• Bedros Hadjian (1933–2012), Buenos Aires-based Armenian writer, educator and journalist
• Bedros Kapamajian (1840–1912), Ottoman-Armenian businessmen, textile trader and mayor of the town of Van, Ottoman Empire
• Bedros Keresteciyan (1840–1907), Ottoman-Armenian linguist, journalist, translator and writer of the first etymology dictionary of the Turkish language
• Bedros Kirkorov (born 1932), Bulgarian and Russian singer and bandleader of Armenian origin
• Bedros Magakyan (1826–1891), Ottoman-Armenian actor and theater director and founder of the Armenian Oriental Theatre
• Bedros Parian (1873–1896), better known by his nom de guerre Papken Siuni, an important figure in the Armenian national movement and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
• Bedros Sirabyan (1833–1898), Ottoman-Armenian painter
• Bedros Tourian (1851–1872), Armenian poet, playwright and actor

See also

• Petrosian
• Bedrosian
• Bedrossian