# 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 (951–1003), or Krikor Naregatsi, Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher, theologian and saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church

### Catholicoi

* Gregory the Illuminator, patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church
* Gregory II the Martyrophile, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1066-1105)
* Gregory IV the Young (1173–1193)
* Gregory V of Cilicia (1193–1194)
* Gregory VI of Cilicia (1194–1203)
* Gregory VII of Cilicia (1293–1307)
* Gregory VIII of Cilicia (1411–1418)
* Gregory IX of Cilicia (1439–1446)
* Gregory X (1443–1465)
* Gregory XI (1536–1545)
* Gregory XII (1576–1590)

### Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem

* Krikor Yetesattzi of Jerusalem (669–696)
* Patriarch Krikor of Jerusalem (981–1006)
* Patriarch Krikor of Jerusalem (1356–1363)
* Patriarch Krikor Kantzagehtzee of Jerusalem (1613–1645)
* Krikor Shiravantzee (Chainbearer) (1715–1749)

### Armenian patriarchs of Constantinople

* Patriarch Krikor I of Constantinople (1526–1537)
* Patriarch Krikor II of Constantinople (1601–1608, 1611–1621, 1623–1626)
* Patriarch Krikor III of Constantinople (1764–1773)
* Patriarch Krikor IV of Constantinople (1801–1802)

### Contemporary

* Krikor Bedros XV Agagianian or Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian, Patriarch Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church (1937-1962) and Catholic cardinal. Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (1958–1970)
* Krikor Balakian (1875–1934), Armenian bishop
* Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan (born 1934), Patriarch-Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church

## Persons carrying the name Krikor

* Krikor Agathon (1901-1979), Egyptian sport shooter, fencer and Olympian
* Krikor Agopian (born 1942), Lebanese Armenian painter
* Krikor Alozian (born 1979), Lebanese Armenian footballer
* Krikor Amirian (1888–1964), Armenian Revolutionary, who participated in the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia
* Krikor Ayvazian (1912-1997), Armenian Catholic Bishop of Qamishli
* Krikor Azaryan (1934–2009), Bulgarian Armenian theatre director
* Krikor Badrossian, Armenian communist politician
* Krikor Balyan, Armenian architect
* Krikor Beledian (born 1945), Lebanese-born Armenian writer, literary critic, and translator living in France
* Krikor Kalfayan (1873-1949), Armenian writer, lecturer, musician, and musicologist
* Krikor Mekhitarian (born 1986), Brazilian Armenian chess grandmaster
* Krikor Odian (1834-1887), Ottoman Armenian jurist, politician and writer
* Krikor Ohanian, original name of Mike Connors, American actor
* Krikor Pambuccian (1915–1996), Armenian–Romanian professor of pathology
* Krikor Peshtimaldjian (1778-1839), Ottoman Armenian philosopher, educator, translator, and linguist
* Krikor Zohrab (1861–1915), Ottoman Armenian writer

## Others

* Grégoire Aslan (Coco) born Krikor Aslanian (1908–1982), Swiss ethnic Armenian actor and musician
* Gregor (musician) (1898-1971), born Krikor Kélékian, jazz bandleader