Karapet
# Karapet

Karapet or Garabet or Garabed is a common Armenian given name. They may refer to:

## Religion

* Karabet (Armenian: Կարապետ) or Garabed (Western Armenian), the Armenian name for prodromos, referring to John the Baptist
* St. Karapet, a church of the Noravank monastery
* Saint Karapet Monastery, at Glak, a 4th-century Armenian monastery
* Karapet, a church of the Khtzkonk monastery near Ani
* Saint Karapet Church, Tbilisi, Armenian church in Tbilisi, Georgia

## Given name

### Karapet

* Karapet II of Armenia (died 1729), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1726–1729)
* Karapet Chobanyan (born 1927), Armenian scientist
* Karapet Karapetyan (born 1982), also known as Karapet Papijan, Armenian-Dutch kickboxer
* Karapet Mikaelyan (born 1969), Russia-born Armenian football (soccer) player
* Karapet Rubinyan (born 1957), Armenian politician
* Karapet Utudjian (1823–1904), Armenian Ottoman journalist, publicist, and writer
* Karapetê Xaço (?-2005), Armenian singer of traditional Kurdish dengbêj music
* Karapet (bridge player), fictional Armenian expatriate contract bridge player created by Victor Mollo (1909–1987)

### Garabed

* Garabed "Chuck" Haytaian (born 1938), American politician of Armenian origin, who was the Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly
* Garabed T. K. Giragossian (20th century), Armenian engineer
* Garabed Pashayan Khan (1864–1915), Armenian physician, doctor and public activist
* Garo Yepremian (Garabed "Garo" Yepremian) (1944–2015), American football placekicker of Armenian origin

### Garabet

* Garabet Amira Balyan (1800–1866), Armenian Ottoman, renowned engineer
* Garabet Ibrăileanu (1871–1936), Romanian-Armenian literary critic and theorist, writer, editor, translator, sociologist, professor
* Garabet Yazmaciyan (1868–1929), Ottoman painter of Armenian descent
