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My name in Armenian

English, Russian or Armenian letters all work. Try: Michael Sophia Anahit Olivia

All 39 letters of the Armenian alphabet

Eastern Armenian names and sounds, as taught in Armenia.

  1. Աա ayb a as in "father"
  2. Բբ ben b
  3. Գգ gim g as in "go"
  4. Դդ da d
  5. Եե yech e as in "bed"; "ye" at the start of a word
  6. Զզ za z
  7. Էէ e e as in "bed"
  8. Ըը ət the "a" in "about"
  9. Թթ to t with a puff of air, as in "top"
  10. Ժժ zhe s as in "measure"
  11. Իի ini ee as in "see"
  12. Լլ lyun l
  13. Խխ khe ch as in Scottish "loch"
  14. Ծծ tsa ts without a puff of air
  15. Կկ ken k without a puff of air, as in "skin"
  16. Հհ ho h
  17. Ձձ dza dz as in "adze"
  18. Ղղ ghat a throaty gh, like French r
  19. Ճճ che ch without a puff of air
  20. Մմ men m
  21. Յյ hi y as in "yes"
  22. Նն nu n
  23. Շշ sha sh
  24. Ոո vo o as in "more"; "vo" at the start of a word
  25. Չչ cha ch with a puff of air, as in "church"
  26. Պպ pe p without a puff of air, as in "spin"
  27. Ջջ je j as in "jam"
  28. Ռռ ra rolled r
  29. Սս se s
  30. Վվ vev v
  31. Տտ tyun t without a puff of air, as in "stop"
  32. Րր re soft, tapped r
  33. Ցց tso ts with a puff of air, as in "cats"
  34. Ուու u oo as in "food"
  35. Փփ pyur p with a puff of air, as in "pot"
  36. Քք ke k with a puff of air, as in "kite"
  37. Եվև yev "yev"; "ev" inside a word
  38. Օօ o o as in "more"
  39. Ֆֆ fe f

The story of the alphabet: our guide to the Armenian alphabet

Popular names in Armenian

The usual Armenian spellings of common English names. Armenian names are in our girl and boy name guides. Armenian girl names · Armenian boy names

My name in Armenian: a blank card, a pen, and apricots on a wooden table
My name in Armenian – a blank card ready for the spelling. Illustration: iArmenia.

My name in Armenian is the spelling Armenians already use for that name, not a letter-by-letter code you have to invent. Type a first name above and the page writes it, then lets you change any letter.

Armenian is written the way it sounds. However, English often uses one letter for two Armenian sounds. As a result, David can be Դևիդ or Դեյվիդ, and both appear when people really use both.

How my name in Armenian is chosen

An Armenian name such as Anahit, Narek, or Hovhannes comes from our guides to Armenian girl names and Armenian boy names. Where Armenia’s Statistical Committee publishes a spelling, that spelling is the one on the card.

An international name follows Armenian Wikipedia. We counted how that encyclopedia writes the first names of tens of thousands of people, English speakers and Russian speakers apart. Then we keep the spelling most of them share. In fact, a rare nickname is dropped, so Zachary is not shortened to a different name.

Letters that surprise English speakers

Armenian has two letters for “k”, Կ and Ք, two for “t”, and two for “p”. Ք, Թ, and Փ are said with a puff of air, as in English “kite”, “top”, and “pot”. For example, Kate is Քեյթ, because the English sounds take the puffed letters.

Tap any letter on the card if the first guess is not the one your family uses. The page does not send the name to us.

The older Armenian form

Many names arrived with Christianity and kept an Armenian form of their own. John is Hovhannes, Mary is Mariam, and George is Gevorg. Michael written as the English name is Մայքլ. The archangel’s name, Mikayel, is Միքայել, and it was still a popular boy name in Armenia in 2025.

The Armenian alphabet has 39 letters. Mesrop Mashtots devised the first 36 in 405. Օ and Ֆ were added later, and they have no value in the old number system. Also, Ու counts as Ո plus Ւ when the card adds your name in numbers.

So, write the name, save the card, and then read the alphabet if you want the story of each letter. More guides sit on the iArmenia homepage.

Sources

  • Armenian alphabet, iArmenia, letter names and the year 405.
  • Armenian girl names and Armenian boy names, spellings checked against Armenia’s Statistical Committee where it publishes them.
  • Armenian Wikipedia name labels, counted for the international spellings in this tool. Checked 11 November 2026.