Name: Cyrus
Gender: Male
Usage: Cyrus, of african origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Cyrus are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Cyrus across the world, see Kira.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Cyrus is: Sun.
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Numerology of the first name Cyrus: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Cyrus is ranked on the 2,326th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 165100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Cyrus has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Cyrus for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Cyrus is 31 January.
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History and Origin
Cyrus /ˈsaɪərəs/ is the given name of a number of Persian kings. Most notably it refers to Cyrus the Great. Cyrus is also the name of Cyrus I of Anshan (ca. 650 BC), King of Persia the grandfather of Cyrus the Great; and Cyrus the Younger (died 401 BC), brother to the Persian King Artaxerxes II of Persia.
Cyrus, as a word in English, is the Latinized form of the Greek Κῦρος, Kȳros, from Old Persian
U.S.: from the Greek form (Kyros) of the name of several kings of Persia, most notably Cyrus the Great (d. 529 BC). The origin of the name is not known, but in the early Christian period it was associated with Greek kyrios lord, and borne by various saints, including an Egyptian martyr and a bishop of Carthage.
Cognate: Italian: Ciro.
Short form: U.S.: Cy.
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