Armenian Genealogy Forum

KOUYOUMJIAN comes from the Turkish 'kuyumcu', meaning jewelsmith. I'm told that my great-grandfather was a traveling jewelsmith in northern Turkey in the late 1800s.

OHANESSIAN is Armenian for 'son of John'.

JAMGOCHIAN is Armenian and Iranian: žamkoč‛, an occupational name for a muezzin, from žam, ‘church’, ‘mosque’ + koč‛- ‘call’. I've seen it defined as one who serves as a church caretaker or custodian.

Nancy

Koyumjian - was a real name of Michael Arlen, writer (father and son had same names, both writers). Another Koyumdjian is a head of Armenain chair (studies) in Fresno University.