Ashot

Ashot or Ashod (Armenian: Աշոտ) is an Armenian given name. Notable persons with the name include:

Ashot
Աշոտ

Monument of Ashot III of Armenia
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Armenian
Origin
Word/name	Middle Armenian
Region of origin	Armenia

Kings of the Bagratuni dynasty

• Ashot Msaker (Ashot the Carnivorous) (died 826), Armenian prince
• Ashot I of Armenia (Ashot the Great, 820–890), ruled 885–890
• Ashot II Yerkat (Ashot the Iron, died 929), ruled 914–929
• Ashot II Bagratuni, 7th-century Armenian monarch
• Ashot III Bagratuni (690–762), Armenian nobleman of the Bagratuni dynasty
• Ashot III Voghormats (Ashot the Merciful, died 977), ruled 953–977
• Ashot IV Qadj (Ashot the Brave), ruled 1021–1039/1040

Kings of Tao-Klarjeti

• Ashot I of Iberia (Ashot I Kuropalates, died 830), King of Tao-Klarjeti
• Ashot II of Tao Kuropalates, King of Tao-Klarjeti 937–954
• Ashot the Immature (Kukhi), Eristavt Eristavi (died 918), King of Tao-Klarjeti
• Ashot the Swift (died 939), Georgian prince
• Ashot the Beautiful (died 867), Georgian prince

Kings of Vaspurakan

• Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan (died 991)
• Derenik-Ashot of Vaspurakan (died 958/959)

Other people

• Ashot ibn Shavur, Shaddadid ruler of Arran from 1068–69
• Ashot III of Taron (900–967), Armenian king of Taron
• Ashot G. Abrahamian (1903–1983), Soviet Armenian historian
• Ashot Adamyan (born 1953), Armenian actor
• Ashot Anastasian (1964–2016), Armenian chess Grandmaster
• Ashot Ariyan (born 1973), Armenian composer and pianist
• Ashot Arsenyan (born 1960), Armenian politician and businessman
• Ashot Avagyan (born 1958), Armenian artist
• Ashot Avedyan, 20th-century Iranian Armenian footballer
• Ashot Beglarian (born 1968), Armenian writer, journalist and translator
• Ashot Bleyan (born 1955), Armenian politician and educator
• Ashot Chilingarian (born 1949), Armenian physicist
• Ashot Egiazaryan (born 1965), deputy of the State Duma of Russia
• Ashot Danielyan (born 1974), Armenian weightlifter
• Ashot Ghazaryan (born 1949), Armenian singer, showman, presenter and actor
• Ashot Ghulian (born 1965), Armenian politician
• Ashot Hovakimian (born 1961), Armenian diplomat
• Ashot Hovhannisian (1887–1992), Soviet Armenian communist, Marxist historian and theorist
• Ashot Karagyan (born 1951), Soviet Armenian fencer
• Ashot Karapetyan (born 1999), Armenian alpine skier
• Ashot Khachatryan (born 1959), Armenian football defender
• Ashot Khachaturyants (born 1968), Armenian Russian oil executive, football administrator and philanthropist
• Ashot Manucharyan (born 1954), Armenian politician and educator
• Ashot Melikjanyan (1952–2001), Soviet Armenian actor
• Ashot Melkonian (1930–2009), Armenian artist
• Ashot Melkonyan (born 1961), Armenian historian, professor and academic
• Ashot Mkhitaryan (1959–2010), Armenian weightlifting coach
• Ashot Nadanian (born 1972), Armenian chess player
• Ashot Navasardyan (1950–1997), Armenian politician, founder of the Republican Party of Armenia
• Ashot Petrosian (1950–1998), Soviet Armenian mathematician
• Ashot Potikyan (1946–2017), Russian Armenian snooker and Russian pyramid player
• Ashot Sahratyan (1936–2015), Russian Armenian poet, translator and artist
• Ashot Sarkisov (1924–2022), Russian nuclear scientist and engineer
• Ashot Satyan (1906–1958), Soviet Armenian composer and conductor
• Ashot Taronites, 10th-century Byzantine nobleman
• Ashot Ter-Matevosyan (born 1985), Armenian actor
• Ashot Voskanyan (born 1949), Armenian philosopher, diplomat and parliamentarian
• Ashot Yeghiazaryan (1943–2016), Armenian diplomat
• Ashot Yesayan (born 1951), Armenian politician
• Ashot Zorian (1905–1970), Turkish-born Egyptian painter and educator of Armenian ethnicity
• Ashot, Medieval Armenian architect, Caravanserai of Zor, E. Turkey, inscription reads, "Built by Ashot."
• Aramashot Papayan (1911–1998), Soviet Armenian playwright, screenwriter, actor and director
• Bekor Ashot (1959–1992), Armenian army officer

See also

• Ashot Ashkelon, Israeli manufacturer