Cyrus

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Persian given name given name masculine given name

Cyrus is a masculine given name of Persian origin historically associated with several notable rulers, including Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
King of the Medes 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian given name ⓘ
given name ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ
associatedWith Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Masculine given names ⓘ
Persian masculine given names ⓘ
etymologyDerivedFrom Old Persian name Kūruš ⓘ
gender masculine ⓘ
hasHistoricalAssociation Achaemenid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMeaning possibly "far-sighted" ⓘ
possibly "sun" ⓘ
possibly "throne" ⓘ
hasNameDay varies by country ⓘ
hasOrigin Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariant Ciro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus (Latinized form) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kourosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurush NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCognateOf Kourosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kyros NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticAdaptation Greek "Kyros" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
notableBearer Cyrus (New Testament figure) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus (character in "Warriors" film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus Beene (character in "Scandal") NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus Broacha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus Chestnut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus H. Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus I of Anshan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus II of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus Lupo (character in "Law & Order") NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus Mistry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus Sahukar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus Vance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
transliterationOf Kūruš NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn English-speaking countries ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
Western cultures ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyrus Hamlin → givenName → Cyrus ⓘ
royal court of the Medes → governedBy → Cyrus ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Medes
Deioces → positionHeld → Cyrus ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Medes
Cyaxares → positionHeld → Cyrus ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Medes
Cyrus West Field → givenName → Cyrus ⓘ
Cyrus the Younger → fullName → Cyrus ⓘ