Mkrtich
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| name = {{wikt-lang|hy|Մկրտիչ}}
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| pronunciation = {{IPA|hy|məkəɾˈtit͡ʃʰ|}} Eastern Armenian
{{IPA|hy|məɡəɾˈdit͡ʃʰ|}} Western Armenian
| gender = Male
| meaning = Baptist
| region = Armenia
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| language = Armenian
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| variant forms = {{wikt-lang|hy|Մուկուչ}} (dialectal)
| related names = {{wikt-lang|tr|Mıgırdiç}}, {{wikt-lang|tr|Mıgırdıç}}
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| anglicisation = {{wikt-lang|en|Mkrtich}}, {{wikt-lang|hy|Mekertich}}, {{wikt-lang|en|Mkrtič}}, {{wikt-lang|en|Mgrdich}}, {{wikt-lang|en|Mugerditch}}, {{wikt-lang|en|Mgerdich}}
| derived = {{wikt-lang|hy|մկրտել}}
| petname = {{wikt-lang|hy|Մկո}}
| derivative = {{wikt-lang|hy|Մկրտչեան}}, {{wikt-lang|hy|Մկրտիչեան}}, {{wikt-lang|hy|Mkrtčʿean}}
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Mkrtich (Eastern Armenian pronunciation, pronounced Mgrdich in Western Armenian;https://www.iarmenia.org/armenian-boy-names-2/ Armenian: {{lang|hy|Մկրտիչ}}) is an Armenian male given name, meaning Baptist in Armenian.Maghakʻia Ōrmanean The Church of Armenia: her history, doctrine, rule, discipline, 1988 "LIST OF ARMENIAN NAMES WITH THEIR EQUIVALENTS IN ENGLISH Where transformations are obvious, the names are not included. ... Mkrtich = Baptist.. " The name refers originally to John the Baptist, known as Surb Hovhannes Mkrtich (Saint-John the Baptist) in Armenian.Sushil Chaudhury, Kéram Kévonian Les Arméniens dans le commerce asiatique au début de l'ère 2008 Page 84 "The church carrying the name of Surb Hovhannes Mkrtich (Saint-John the Baptist)... " The widespread family name Mkrtchyan is formed from this given name.
The name is usually romanized directly into English as Mkrtich, but other romanizations are found:
- Mkrtich Khrimian (1820–1907), Catholicos of All Armenians
- Mkrtich Achemian (1838–1917), Constantinople-born Armenian poet
- Mkrtich Armen (1906–1972), Soviet Armenian writer
- Mkrtich Arzumanyan (born 1976), Armenian actor and comedian
- Mkrtich Avetisian (1864–1896), Armenian journalist and political figure
- Mkrtich Beshiktashlian (1828–1868), Ottoman Armenian poet, playwright and educator
- Mkrtich Gardashian (1894–1938), Soviet Armenian medic and statesman
- Mkrtich Hovhannisyan (born 1970), Armenian footballer
- Poloz Mukuch (born Mkrtich Malkonyan, 1881–1931), Armenian satirist and fabulist
- Mkrtich Mazmanian (born 1944), Armenian sculptor
- Mkrtich Naghash (1394–1470), Armenian painter, poet and priest
- Mekertich Portukalian (1848–1921), Armenian teacher and journalist
- Gourgen Mkrtich Yanikian (1895–1984), Armenian genocide survivor and assassin
The name is romanized in Turkish as Mıgırdiç:
- Mıgırdiç Margosyan (1938–2022), Turkish-language Armenian author
- Mıgırdiç Civanyan (1848–1906), Ottoman painter of Armenian descent