Artin (name)

Artin is both a surname and a given name. In the Armenian-speaking world, it is an abbreviation of the given name Harutyun (given name) meaning resurrection.

Meaning of Artin: Name Artin in the Persian origin, means Righteous, Pure or Holy (also a name of a Median king) even though no valid sources have been provided for this claim. In the Persian-Armenian world, it is a variation of the given name. It has also been claimed to be an old Median name meaning pure and virtuous coming from the name of the Median king of Persia Phraortes (Fravartiš).. Notable people with the name include:

People with the surname

 * Emil Artin (1898–1962), Austrian mathematician
 * Michael Artin (born 1934), American mathematician, son of Emil Artin
 * Murad Artin (born 1960), Swedish politician
 * Wendy Artin (born 1963), American painter
 * Yacoub Artin (1842–1919), Armenian-Egyptian educator and writer

People with the given name

 * Artin Boşgezenyan (1861–1923), an Armenian deputy for Aleppo in the first (1908–1912), second (April–August 1912) and third (1914–1918) Ottoman Parliaments of the Constitutional Era
 * Artin Dadyan Pasha (1830–1901), Armenian citizen of the Ottoman Empire and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1876 until 1901
 * Artin Hindoğlu, 19th-century Ottoman etymologist, interpreter, professor, linguist, and writer of the first modern French-Turkish dictionary
 * Artin Penik (1921–1982), Turkish-Armenian protester who committed suicide by self-immolation