Cyrus Forename
Approximately 71,304 people bear this name
Cyrus Forename Definition:
A male name. Greek Κΰρος, from Persian kuru, ‘throne’. The name of the great king of Persia occurs in the Old Testament and hence came into use among the Puritans. It has taken hold in the USA where it is regularly used as a christian name.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 24,979 | 1:1,854 | 348 |
| United States | 100% | 10,983 | 1:33,009 | 2,188 |
| Philippines | 98% | 8,970 | 1:11,818 | 1,510 |
| Liberia | 99% | 6,414 | 1:688 | 136 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3,760 | 1:10,893 | 1,074 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,798 | 1:9,517 | 1,083 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,650 | 1:96,643 | 6,671 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,629 | 1:16,566 | 1,344 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| India | 100% | 900 | 1:1,349,864 | 80,183 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 887 | 1:200,185 | 8,690 |
| Canada | 100% | 737 | 1:44,957 | 3,073 |
| England | 100% | 657 | 1:84,632 | 3,363 |
| Jamaica | - | 565 | 1:5,103 | 803 |
| Hong Kong | - | 364 | 1:21,299 | 2,159 |
| Zambia | - | 354 | 1:44,788 | 2,931 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Germany | 100% | 230 | 1:420,339 | 4,785 |
| Indonesia | - | 189 | 1:1,364,887 | 77,800 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 164 | 1:450,168 | 16,251 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 160 | 1:135,066 | 6,433 |
| Gabon | 100% | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| China | - | 152 | 1:8,987,209 | 59,552 |
| Australia | - | 146 | 1:93,545 | 3,465 |
| Iran | - | 144 | 1:545,117 | 6,290 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 127 | 1:121,447 | 8,369 |
| Congo | 91% | 125 | 1:40,074 | 3,267 |
| Pakistan | 60% | 111 | 1:1,750,970 | 25,004 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Brazil | 100% | 107 | 1:2,002,207 | 42,180 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 99 | 1:533,215 | 14,784 |
| New Zealand | - | 93 | 1:48,775 | 2,677 |
| Malaysia | 88% | 91 | 1:334,615 | 16,572 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 91 | 1:185,737 | 7,248 |
| South Africa | 100% | 91 | 1:599,260 | 27,054 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 88 | 1:15,471 | 2,009 |
| France | 100% | 86 | 1:772,911 | 6,815 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 85 | 1:84,141 | 6,892 |
| Benin | 100% | 77 | 1:137,349 | 7,547 |
| Sweden | 100% | 70 | 1:140,827 | 5,513 |
| Thailand | 100% | 70 | 1:1,000,940 | 36,482 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 63 | 1:2,822 | 529 |
| Singapore | 75% | 61 | 1:103,066 | 7,456 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 55 | 1:149,336 | 3,951 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 34 | 1:678,704 | 22,876 |
| Guyana | 100% | 28 | 1:27,259 | 3,059 |
| Wales | 100% | 22 | 1:140,650 | 2,959 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Scotland | 100% | 16 | 1:334,398 | 4,869 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 16 | 1:1,485,605 | 45,572 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| South Korea | - | 15 | 1:369,628 | 10,743 |
| Grenada | 100% | 14 | 1:7,723 | 1,094 |
| Belgium | 100% | 13 | 1:883,849 | 11,271 |
| Oman | - | 13 | 1:316,051 | 4,191 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93% | 13 | 1:627,101 | 46,379 |
| Russia | 50% | 12 | 1:12,019,475 | 42,911 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 11 | 1:10,144 | 1,460 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Mexico | 100% | 10 | 1:12,414,443 | 34,902 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Guatemala | - | 9 | 1:1,789,825 | 5,607 |
| Poland | - | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Finland | 71% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Peru | 100% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Spain | - | 6 | 1:7,754,994 | 17,266 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Italy | 100% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Israel | 63% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Czechia | 92% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Cyrùs (1) are calculated separately.
Cyrus (12,712) may also be a surname.
Cyrus Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Greek Κΰρος, from Persian kuru, ‘throne’. The name of the great king of Persia occurs in the Old Testament and hence came into use among the Puritans. It has taken hold in the USA where it is regularly used as a christian name.
In C19-20, much more common in America than in the British Empire, Cyrus, from Persian (‘the sun’: cf. le Roi Soleil and Pharaoh), owes its popularity to the founder of the Persian empire. Cyrus, a mighty conqueror whose fame attracted French writers, died in 529 B. C. History has not yet finished disentangling the ravelled skein of legend, fable and romance occasioned by his many and spectacular activities.
Found as an English Christian name. From the Greek name Κορος (H. בנרש Kóresh), from the Persia ﺭـخـ kúr هـﺭﺭ húr, the sun (in Zend. khóro, huro, ahurô). According to others it has the same signification as Carshena, Esther i. 14; i. e. illustrious, from the Persian ش lux. The nickname is Cy.
Greek (masculine) - Lord.
Sy'-rus, as miserable, as heir, the belly. The son of Cambyses the Persian, and of Mandane, daughter of Astyages, king of the Medes. See 2 Chron. xxxvi. 22, 23; Ezra i. 1, 2.
Meaning: possess thou the furnace.
A Persian name, meaning: Lordly: the sun.
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