Family Tree: Ararat Ovanesyan

Ararat - Is the name of historical Armenian Big Mount that later became a name. The origin of the biblical name isn't etymologically established. G. Ghapantsyan connects this name withUrartu ethnik term which later changed into arart (Ar+art "field") i. e. "Ara's field ". But it is a colloquial not scientific explanation.
Hovannisyan - Hovhannisyan or Hovannisyan is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Hovhannes", the Armenian equivalent of John, thus making it equivalent to Johnson.