Arakelian Family History
Arakelian Name Meaning
Armenian: patronymic from the personal name Arakel literally ‘sent’ i.e. ‘apostle’ (arakʿeal in Armenian) a calque on the Greek word apostolos and the name Apostolos . This form of the surname is found mainly in the US and Iran. Compare Arakelyan .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022