Sahakian

Sahakian (Armenian: Սահակեան) or Sahakyan (Սահակյան) is a fairly common surname in Armenia originating from the patronymic Armenian equivalent to Isaac. Sahakian translates to Isaacson, Son of Isaac, or descendant of Isaac.

Sahak Bartev, Isaac of Armenia by Francesco Maggiotto

The surname can refer to the following people:

Sahakian

• Barbara Sahakian American-born neuroscientist, based in Cambridge, UK
• Henry D. Sahakian, an Iranian-American businessman, the founder of Uni-Mart
• Jack Sahakian (1931 – 1995), an American actor
• Oshin Sahakian (born 1986), an Iranian basketball player
• Vahram Sahakian (sometimes as Vahram Sahakyan) (born 1968), Armenian dramatist, film director and actor
• William S. Sahakian (1922– 1986), an American philosopher

Sahakyan

• Adam Sahakyan (1996–2016), sergeant of the Armed Forces of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, killed in the Four-Day War
• Anushavan Sahakyan (born 1972), Armenian Freestyle wrestler
• Aramais Sahakyan (born 1936), an Armenian poet and translator
• Avetik Sahakyan (1863 – 1933), former Parliamentary President of Armenia
• Bako Sahakyan (born 1960), former president of Artsakh
• Galust Sahakyan (born 1949), Armenian politician, MP and the former President of the National Assembly of Armenia
• Gevorg Sahakyan (born 1990), Polish Greco-Roman wrestler of Armenian descent
• Norayr Sahakyan (born 1987), an Armenian football player

Saakian

• Sumbat Saakian (1951–1993), a politician in the Government of Abkhazian Autonomous Republic

Saakyan

• Mariya Saakyan (1980–2018), Russian film director

Ter-Sahakyan

• Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (born 1993), Armenian chess grandmaster

Sahakyants

Sahakyants is an archaized form of Sahakyan (as is the case with other Armenian surnames ending with -ts).

• Robert Sahakyants, Armenian animation film director

See also

• Armenian surnames
• Isaac of Armenia