Andranik (given name)

Andranik (Անդրանիկ pronounced Andranik in Eastern Armenian or Antranig in Western Armenian, is a given name to Armenian males. In Armenian, it means "first-born child in the family".

With the addition of -yan or -ian (Անդրանիկյան / Անդրանիկեան pronounced Andranikyan in Eastern Armenian / Antranigian in Western Armenian it becomes a common Armenian family name.

People
Andranik and its variant pronunciations Antranig / Antranik may refer to:


 * Andranik
 * Andranik Eskandarian (born 1951), Iranian American football (soccer) player
 * Andranik Hakobyan (boxer) (born 1981), Armenian boxer
 * Andranik Madadian (born 1959), better known by his stage name, Andy, Armenian-Iranian singer-songwriter
 * Andranik Margaryan (1951–2007), Armenian politician, Prime Minister of Armenia (2000–2007)
 * Andranik Ozanian (1865–1927), also known as General Andranik (Zōravar Andranik), was an Armenian general
 * Andranik Tangian (born 1952), Soviet-German mathematician
 * Andranik Teymourian (born 1983), an Iranian football player


 * Andronik
 * Andronik Iosifyan (1905–1993), Soviet engineer, chief electrician of Soyuz and R-7 Semyorka


 * Antranig
 * Antranig Chalabian (1922–2011), medical illustrator, cartographer and historian
 * Antranig Dzarugian (1913–1989), Armenian diasporan Armenian writer, poet, educator and journalist

Sports

 * Antranik Youth Association, Lebanese-Armenian multi-sports and cultural club

Others

 * Andranikological Review, an Armenian youth historical half-yearly periodical published in Yerevan, in 2002–2004