Shahen - From Parthian name Šahen "hawk" (New Persian Sahin). In Armenia the Parthian form Sahin is used, from which the surname Shahinyan is formed (not from the form Sahin) due to e>I sound alter. It is a widespread name now. Sarkisyan - Sargsyan also Sarkisian (in Western Armenian Sarkisyan), is an Armenian surname derived from the given name Sargis.