Mkhitar or Mekhitar or Mechitar or Latinized Mechitarius (Armenian: Մխիթար) is a common Armenian male given name. See Մխիթար for more on the origin of the name.

The surname Mkhitaryan is from this name.

Notable people bearing this name include:

Historical

• Mekhitar of Sebaste (1676–1749), founder of the Mekhitarists
• Mekhitar of Ayrivank (1222–1307), compiler of a canon of holy books, composer officer.
• Mkhitar Gosh (1130–1213), a scholar, writer, public figure, thinker, and priest.
• Mkhitar Sparapet (?-1730), a military commander
• Mkhitar Heratsi, an Armenian physician of the 12th century

Contemporary

• Mkhitar Djrbashian (1918–1994), a notable Armenian mathematician.
• Mkhitar Manukyan (born 1973), an Armenian wrestler
• Mkhitar Mnatsakanyan (born 1950), Armenian politician and minister

• Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex, a public school in Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, Armenia

• Mkhitaryan / Mkhitarian

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