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Cyrus Surname Meaning

German Polish Czech and West Indian (Trinidad and Tobago Grenada): from the Latin personal name Cyrus derived from the Greek form Kyros of the name of several kings of Persia. The origin of the name is not known but in the early Christian period it was associated with Greek kyrios ‘lord’ (see Cyriac) and was borne by various Christian saints including an Egyptian martyr and a bishop of Carthage.

Polish: derivative of Middle High German zier ziere ‘precious wonderful beautiful’. Americanized form of Greek Kyros from the personal name Kyros (see 1 above).

English: possibly an altered form of Syers the present form of the name being influenced by that of the several kings of Persia in its most familiar Latin form (see 1 above).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Cyrus families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Cyrus family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Cyrus families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 5 Cyrus families living in Sussex. This was about 56% of all the recorded Cyrus's in United Kingdom. Sussex had the highest population of Cyrus families in 1891.
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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Cyrus. 100% of Cyrus women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Between 1945 and 2004, in the United States, Cyrus life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1950, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Cyrus in 1945 was 33, and 78 in 2004.

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