Nalbandian Explained

Nalbandian (hy|[[wikt:Նալբանդյան|Նալբանդյան]]; Western Armenian: Նալպանտեան, Persian: نعلبندیان) is an Armenian surname that derives from hy|[[wikt:նալբանդ|նալբանդ]]|lit=one who makes horseshoes|translit=nalband|label=none, which is of Persian origin.

Nalbandian may refer to:

People

Nalbandian

• Abbas Nalbandian (1947 – 1987), Iranian playwright
• Armen Nalbandian (born 1978), American Jazz pianist/composer
• David Nalbandian (born 1982), Argentine tennis player
• Edward Nalbandian (1927 – 2006), Armenian-American businessman, owner of Zachary All Clothing
• John B. Nalbandian (born 1969), Armenian-American/Japanese-American lawyer and judge
• Joseph Nalbandian (1919 – after 1985), Lebanese Armenian football player and manager
• Louise Nalbandian, Armenian-American historian and professor
• Maria Nalbandian (born 1985), Lebanese Armenian singer
• Mikayel Nalbandian (1829 – 1866), Armenian writer, poet, political theorist and activist

Nalbandyan

• Aleksan Nalbandyan (born 1971), Armenian and Russian amateur boxer
• Aram Nalbandyan (1908 – 1987), Soviet physicist
• Dmitry Nalbandyan (1906 – 1993), Georgian-Armenian painter
• Eduard Nalbandyan (born 1956), Armenian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Suren Nalbandyan (born 1956), Soviet wrestler

Places

• Nalbandyan, a town in Armenia