Name Tigran

Origins and translations for the name Tigran:

1. Armenian (Տիգրան) popular name comes from Parthian [Tigrarāna], which was derived from the words tigra “arrow” + rāna “fighting”="archer, bowman".

2. Comes from the ancient Greek word (Τίγρης) [Tigris] and interpretation is - "Tigris river".

The name of the ancient Armenian king.

Tigranes the Great (or Dikran b. c. 140-d. c. 55 BC), king of Armenia from 95 to 55 BC, under whom the country became for a short time the strongest state in the Roman East.