🔥Cyrus

Persian

"sun"

Cyrus Origin and Meaning

The name Cyrus is a boy's name of Persian origin meaning "sun".

Cyrus is one of those surprising names that have always ranked among the Top 1000 boy names in the US. On an upward trend since the mid-90s, Cyrus now sits in that comfortable place between too popular and too unusual.

Long popular in the Iranian community, this name of the founder of the Persian Empire has had a more down-home, corncob pipe-smoking image for most Americans in the past, but today it's one of those antique names that sounds fresh again.

The powerful Cyrus the Great was the fifth century B.C. Persian leader who conquered Babylon to establish his empire. He is noted in the Old Testament as freeing the Jewish captives in Babylonia and permitting them to return to their homelands. Since his name is mentioned in the Old Testament, it was fashionable with the Puritans.

Cyrus McCormick was the inventor of the reaper, and Cyrus Vance was Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter. The name is also associated these days with singer Miley Cyrus.

Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy named their baby boy Cyrus, and there have been Cyruses on Gossip Girl, Law & Order and Scandal. Ciro is the catchy Italian version.

Cyrus Rank in US Top 1000

# 254 in the US

Cyrus Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 67 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Cyrus

• 254 US 2024
• 67 Nameberry 2025
• 70 Future 2035
• 468 England 2024

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Famous People Named Cyrus

• Cyrus the Great Cyrus I of Anshan, and Cyrus the Younger, Kings of Persia
• Cyrus Roberts Vance U.S. Secretary of State
• Cyrus Roberts Vance Jr. New York District Attorney
• Cyrus Danall Gray American NFL football player
• Cyrus Hall McCormick American inventor
• Cyrus Sylvester Frederick Christie Irish footballer
• Cyrus Berenice Kouandjio American NFL football player
• Cyrus Habib American politician; 16th Lieutenant Governor of Washington
• Cyrus Villanueva Australian pop singer
• Cyrus Rowlett "C. R." Smith American former CEO of American Airlines
• Cyrus Willard "Cy" Kendall American actor
• Cyrus Peirce American educator
• Cyrus Cotton "Cy" Hungerford American editorial cartoonist
• Cyrus Alessandro Twombly son of painter Cy Twombly
• Cyrus Zachariah Shepherd Oppenheim, son of actress Cybill Shepherd
• Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy son of actors Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy

The name Cyrus in Pop Culture

• Cyrus Fawcett main character in 2010 film "Cyrus"
• Cyrus Foley character on American soap "Guiding Light"
• Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom character in the 1997 film "Con,Air"
• Cyrus Beene a character on TV's "Scandal"
• Cyrus Goodman character on TV's "Andi Mack"
• Cyrus Lupo a detective on TV's "Law & Order"
• Cyrus Rose minor character on TV's "Gossip Girl"
• Cyrus character in Pokemon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
• Cyrus a genie, on TV's "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland"
• Cyrus Gold real name of Solomon Grundy in DC Universe
• Cyrus Pinkney character in DC Universe
• Cyrus Borg minor character in the LEGO Ninjago TV show
• Cyrus Silk character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Cyrus Best character in "The Sims" video game series
• Cyrus DeBarge main character in 2012 film "Let it Shine"
• Cyrus Montrose character in "The Alienist"
• Cyrus Albright a character in the video game "Octopath Traveler"
• Cyrus Anders a character in the podcast "Six Minutes"

International Variations of the name Cyrus

• Ciro Italian