Cyrus
Latin · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Cyrus
The name Cyrus derives from the Persian name Kūrosh, likely meaning "sun" or "young" in Old Persian, with the root possibly connected to words denoting light or youth.
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Etymology
The name Cyrus derives from the Persian name Kūrosh, likely meaning "sun" or "young" in Old Persian, with the root possibly connected to words denoting light or youth. The name is used across Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions, and is historically associated with Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great), the sixth-century BCE Persian emperor who founded the Achaemenid Empire and freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity.
Cyrus currently ranks #268 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2024.
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