Hagop

Hakop (Armenian: Հակոբ in Eastern Armenian pronounced Hakob or Յակոբ in Western Armenian, pronounced Hagop, Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב‎‎, Standard Yaʿaqov Tiberian Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يعقوب‎‎, Yaʿqūb; "heel"; Septuagint Greek Ἰακώβ) is a common Armenian first name, similar to Jacob or Jack. Etymologically speaking, the name dates back to various centuries B.C., and is strictly exclusive to the Armenian region and language.

Its diminutive form is also common in the Armenian: Hakopik (Armenian: Հակոբիկ or Յակոբիկ). It is sometimes used as a last name as well, by adding the "ian" suffix: Hagopian (Armenian: Հակոբյան or Յակոբեան).

As mentioned by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas in their book "The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasonry, and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus", "it is very significant to note that the late Semitic philologist John Allegro discovered that the name Jacob stems directly from the Sumerian IA-A-GUB, meaning 'pillar' or more literally, 'standing stone'.^[1]

Notable people named Agop

• Agop Dilaçar (or Hagop Martayan) (1895–1979), Armenian-Turkish linguist specialist in Turkic languages and the first Secretary General and head specialist of the Turkish Language Association
• Agop Jack Hacikyan (born 1931), Canadian-Armenian university Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer.
• Agop Terzan (born 1927), French–Armenian astronomer

Surname

• Rolf Agop (1908-1998), German conductor and academic
• Güllü Agop (1840-1902), Ottoman Armenian theatre director

Notable people named Hagop

• Hagop S. Akiskal, Armenian-American psychiatrist
• Hagop Avesyan (born 1988), Armenian footballer
• Hagop Baronian (1843–1891), influential Ottoman Armenian writer, satirist, educator, and social figure in the 19th century
• Hagop Barsoumian (born 1936), Armenian scholar and Armenology professor. Abducted in 1986, body never found
• Hagop Chirishian (born 1989), American soccer player of Armenian origin
• Hagop Goudsouzian, Armenian-Canadian film director known for film My Son Shall Be Armenian
• Hagop Hagopian (or Agop Agopian) (1951–1988), founder and main leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
• Hakob Melik Hakobian, real name of famous Armenian novelist Raffi
• Hagop Kassarjian (born 1946), Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP and minister
• Hagop Kazazian Pasha (1833–1891), high-ranking Ottoman official of Armenian origin who served as the Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Privy Treasury during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II
• Hagop Kevorkian, (1872-1962), Armenian-American archeologist, connoisseur of art, collector
• Hagop Oshagan (or Hakob Oshakan) (1883-1948), Armenian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and literary critic
• Hagop Pakradounian, Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP
• Hagop Sandaldjian (1931–1990), Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor

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• Anton Hagop, Australian music producer / engineer

Notable people named Hakob

• Hakob Gyurjian (1881–1948), Armenian sculptor
• Hakob Hakobian (painter) (born 1923), modern Armenian painter
• Hakob Hakobian (poet) (1866–1937), Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletary poesia
• Hakob Kojoyan (1883–1959), Armenian artist
• Hakob Meghapart, first Armenian printer, the founder of the Armenian printing
• Hakob Sanasaryan (born c.1950), Armenian environmentalist campaigner and chemist
• Hakob Zavriev, Armenian politician

See also

• Hakobyan (including variants)
• L'École Arménienne Sourp Hagop, Armenian school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Surp Hagop Church, Armenian Apostolic church in Aleppo, Syria
• Istanbul Agop Cymbals, manufacturing company of Turkey
• Jacob (disambiguation)

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