Cyrus

Where Cyrus comes from

Borrowed from Latin Cȳrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš). As a saints' name it has been identified by folk etymology with Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cyrus
  • Old Persian
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 600 BC
    Cyrus the Great born
    founder of the Achaemenid Empire
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #216 among boys with 54 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #364.
  4. 1917
    Cyrus Vance born
    United States Secretary of State from 1977 to 1980
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old Persian.
Namesakes
  • Cyrus the Great · founder of the Achaemenid Empire, 600 BC–530 BC
  • Cyrus I · third king of the Achaemenid kingdom, died 580 BC
  • Cyrus Vance · United States Secretary of State from 1977 to 1980, 1917–2002
  • Cyrus McCormick · American inventor and businessman, 1809–1884
  • Cyrus Christie · Irish footballer, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.