Cyrus

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Greek name Κυρος (Kyros) which is a Greek form of the Persian name Kurush

1) Persian khur = 'sun'

2) Persian kurush = 'far sighted'

3) Persian kurush = 'sun' ^[1]

4) Persian kurush = 'young'

4) The name is said to be related to Greek κυριος (kyrios) = 'lord' (see also Kyrillos) ^[1]

Related Names

Cyrus	♂
Cýrus	♂
Kira	♀
Kyra	♀

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1826 ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		1	3	61	128
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	12	n.a
Norway[4]		0	0	12	16
Finland[5]		n.a.	5	n.a	28
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Cyrus.

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi