Given name · Armenian · Classical Armenian
Խոսրով
“renowned, famous, of good repute”
Խոսրով (Xosrov) is a masculine given name from Proto-Iranian. It is used in Armenian and Old Armenian.
Armenian and Classical ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Xosrov.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Խոսրով goes back to Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwāh, meaning “renowned, famous, of good repute.”
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How it developed
From Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwāh (“renowned, famous, of good repute”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Խոսրով’s family of names
In Old Armenian usage, Խոսրով shares a linguistic root with the Old Georgian form ხოსრო. In Armenian usage, Խոսրով can be written in the Roman alphabet as Xosrov. In Old Armenian usage, Խոսրով has a related form in Խոսրոյ.
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Around the world
Խոսրով has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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