Darbinyan or Darbinian, (Armenian : Դարբինյան), is an Armenian surname. Its meaning is equivalent to Smith (Armenian : Դարբին). Darbinyan is the Eastern Armenian form of the name, the Western Armenian variant being Tarpinian. Notable people with the surname include:
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken primarily by Armenians. It is the official language of Armenia. Historically being spoken throughout the Armenian Highlands, today, Armenian is widely spoken throughout the Armenian diaspora. Armenian is written in its own writing system, the Armenian alphabet, introduced in 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots.
Smith is a surname originating in England. It is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, and the fifth most common surname in the Republic of Ireland. The surname Smith is particularly prevalent among those of English, Scottish and Irish descent, but is also a common surname among African Americans, which can be attributed to black slaves being given the surname during slavery and never changing the name upon the end of the era of slavery and after the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. 2,376,206 Americans shared the surname Smith during the 2000 census, and more than 500,000 people share it in the United Kingdom. At the turn of the 20th century, the surname was sufficiently prevalent in England to have prompted the statement: "Common to every village in England, north, south, east and west"; and sufficiently common on the (European) continent to be "common in most countries of Europe".
Eastern Armenian is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language.
- Armen Darbinyan (born 1965), Armenian politician and Prime Minister of Armenia
- Samvel Darbinyan, Armenian football manager
- Jeff Tarpinian, American football player with the New England Patriots
- Ruben Darbinyan (1883-1968), Armenian politician, Justice minister, political activist, author and editor
Armen Razmiki Darbinyan, served as Prime Minister of Armenia from 1998 to 1999. In 1986, he received an honors degree at the Department of Economy, Moscow State University. In 1989, Darbinyan completed a post-graduate course at Moscow State University. In 1994, he was appointed First Vice-Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia. In 1997 Darbinyan was appointed Armenian Minister of Finance. On April 10, 1998, he was appointed Armenian Prime Minister until June 11, 1999. Since 2001, Armen Darbinyan has been rector of Russian-Armenian State University.
Samvel Darbinyan is an Armenian football coach who is currently the manager of Ararat Yerevan.
Jeff Tarpinian is an Armenian-American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Iowa.
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