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Πύρρος
“red-haired”
Πύρρος is a given name from Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and Greek and grWritten in Greek script. In English: Pyrrhus.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Πύρρος goes back to Ancient Greek πυρρός, meaning “red-haired.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Πύρρος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Πύρρος has a feminine form in Πύρρα. In Greek usage, Πύρρος has a conventional equivalent in the English form PYRRHUS.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Πύρρος
- Pyrrhus of Epirusking of Epirus from 307 to 302 and 297 to 272 BC317 BC–271 BC
- Pyrros DimasGreek weightlifter and politicianborn 1971
- Pyrrhus II of EpirusRuler of Ancient Epirus270 BC–233 BC
- Pyrrhus of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople
- Pyrrhus III of Epirusking of Epirus250 BC–300 BC
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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