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Cyrus

Usually a boy's name

Meaning
Origin disputed: Old Persian Kurush, read as 'young' or 'humiliator'; perhaps Elamite Disputed

Often said to mean 'sun' or 'lord'; the scholarly reference rejects 'sun', and 'lord' is a folk link.

Origin
Old Persian
Popularity

US 2025: #268 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #432

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.

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