Given name
Pyrrhus
“fire colored”
Pyrrhus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.
Original GreekΠυρρος
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Pyrrhus means “fire colored.”
From biblical name research
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Pyrrhus appears in Acts 20:4.
From biblical name research
Pyrrhus’s family of names
In English usage, Pyrrhus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Pirro. In English usage, Pyrrhus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Pyrrus. In English usage, Pyrrhus has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Πύρρος.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Pyrrhus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Pyrrhus comes from · 1 name
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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