Krikor
Krikor is a Western Armenian given name, equivalent to Eastern Armenian given name Grigor and the English equivalent Gregory and its variants in different languages. A diminutive of the name is Koko. A variant is Kirkor.
Notable people with the name include:
Religion
- Gregory of Narek, or Krikor Naregatsi, Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher, theologian and saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Gregory the Illuminator, patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Gregory II the Martyrophile, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Gregory IV the Young
- Gregory V of Cilicia
- Gregory VI of Cilicia
- Gregory VII of Cilicia
- Gregory VIII of Cilicia
- Gregory IX of Cilicia
- Gregory X
- Gregory XI
- Gregory XII
- Krikor Yetesattzi of Jerusalem
- Patriarch Krikor of Jerusalem
- Patriarch Krikor of Jerusalem
- Patriarch Krikor Kantzagehtzee of Jerusalem
- Krikor Shiravantzee
- Patriarch Krikor I of Constantinople
- Patriarch Krikor II of Constantinople
- Patriarch Krikor III of Constantinople
- Patriarch Krikor IV of Constantinople
- Krikor Bedros XV Agagianian or Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian, Patriarch Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church and Catholic cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
- Krikor Balakian, Armenian bishop
- Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, Patriarch-Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church
Persons carrying the name Krikor
- Krikor Agathon, Egyptian sport shooter, fencer and Olympian
- Krikor Agopian, Lebanese Armenian painter
- Krikor Alozian, Lebanese Armenian footballer
- Krikor Amirian, Armenian Revolutionary, who participated in the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia
- Krikor Ayvazian, Armenian Catholic Bishop of Qamishli
- Krikor Azaryan, Bulgarian Armenian theatre director
- Krikor Badrossian, 20th-century Armenian communist politician
- Krikor Balyan, Armenian architect
- Krikor Beledian, Lebanese-born Armenian writer, literary critic, and translator living in France
- Krikor Bogharian, Armenian diarist and genocide survivor
- Krikor Guerguerian, Armenian Catholic cleric and genocide archivist
- Krikor Kalfayan, Armenian writer, lecturer, musician, and musicologist
- Krikor Mekhitarian, Brazilian Armenian chess grandmaster
- Krikor Odian, Ottoman Armenian jurist, politician and writer
- Krikor Ohanian, original name of Mike Connors, American actor
- Krikor Pambuccian, Armenian–Romanian professor of pathology
- Krikor Peshtimaldjian, Ottoman Armenian philosopher, educator, translator, and linguist
- Krikor Torosian, Armenian satirist, journalist and publisher
- Krikor Zohrab, Ottoman Armenian writer
Middle name
- Haroutune Krikor Daghlian, Jr., Armenian physicist of the Manhattan Project
- Mihran Krikor Kassabian, Armenian American physician
Others
- Grégoire Aslan born Krikor Aslanian, Swiss ethnic Armenian actor and musician
- Gregor (musician), born Krikor Kélékian, jazz bandleader