Ashot or Ashod is an Armenian given name. Notable persons with that surname include:
Ashot Msaker (Ashot the Carnivorous) (died 826)Ashot I of Armenia (Ashot the Great), ruled 884-890Ashot II, Ashot Yerkat (Ashot the Iron), 915-930Ashot III, Voghormats (Ashot the Merciful) 953-977Ashot IV, Qadj (Ashot the Brave), 1021-1039/1040Ashot I of Iberia (Ashot I Kuropalates) (died 830), King of Tao-KlarjetiAshot II Kuropalates, King of Tao-Klarjeti 937-954Ashot Kukhi, Eristavt Eristavi (died 918), King of Tao-KlarjetiAshot ibn Shavur, Shaddadid ruler of Arran in 1068–69Ashot Yegisaryan (born 1965), deputy of the State Duma of RussiaAshot Danielyan (born 1974), Armenian weightlifterAshot Khachatryan (born 1959), Armenian football defenderAshot Anastasian (born 1964), Armenian Chess GrandmasterAshot Nadanian (born 1972), Armenian chess playerAshot Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA