Given name & surname
Kyros
“a leader or master”
Kyros is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “a leader or master.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a leader or master.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kyros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 173
- 173 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,021 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,021 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 114 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kyros’s family of names
Kyros has a related form in Kiros. In Danish usage, Kyros has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Кир.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kyros
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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