What is "berberian"

Berberian or Berberyan is an Armenian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alain Berberian (born 1953), French film director and writer
• Ara Berberian (1930–2005), American bass singer
• Cathy Berberian (1925–1983), American mezzo-soprano and composer
• Charles Berberian (born 1959), French cartoonist, illustrator and writer
• Hampartzoum Berberian (1905-1999), Armenian composer and conductor
• John Berberian (born 1941), American musician playing the oud
• Martin Berberyan (born 1980), Armenian Freestyle wrestler
• Reteos Berberian (1848–1907), Armenian educator, pedagogue, principal, writer, poet
• Schahan Berberian (1891–1956), composer, son of Reteos Berberian
• Viken Berberian (born 1966), writer