Mkhitar

Mkhitar or Mekhitar or Mechitar or Latinized Mechitarius (Մխիթար) is a common Armenian male given name. See Մխիթար for more on the origin of the name.

The surname Mkhitaryan is from this name.

Persons
Notable people bearing this name include:
 * Historical
 * Mekhitar of Sebaste (1676–1749), founder of the Mekhitarists
 * Mekhitar of Ayrivank (1222–1307), compiler of a canon of holy books, composer officer.
 * Mkhitar Gosh (1130–1213), a scholar, writer, public figure, thinker, and priest.
 * Mkhitar Sparapet (?-1730), a military commander
 * Mkhitar Heratsi, an Armenian physician of the 12th century
 * Contemporary
 * Mkhitar Djrbashian (1918–1994), a notable Armenian mathematician.
 * Mkhitar Manukyan (born 1973), an Armenian wrestler
 * Mkhitar Mnatsakanyan (born 1950), Armenian politician and minister

Others

 * Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex, a public school in Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, Armenia