# The name " Hagop"

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 24, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-hagop/478528 "2008-12-24T09:14:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-hagop/478528/1 "2008-12-24T09:14:55Z")

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Is it common among Christians and Muslims ? I have seen " Hagop" used in Greece and Turkey and hence this question.

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-hagop/478528/2 "2008-12-24T10:33:12Z")

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It’s the Armenian form of the name Jacob. Thus one may find it common among Armenian-Americans, those of Armenian descent in Greece, Turkey etc.

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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-hagop/478528/3 "2008-12-24T11:16:38Z")

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Thanx !

One more question. how about the name " \*\*Kartun" \*\*?