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كُورُوش
Kourosh
koo-ROOSH
“Sun, far-sighted.”
About Kourosh
Kourosh is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "sun, far-sighted" — a Persian name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From Old Persian Kuruš. Borne by Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
Iconic Persian name; pre-Islamic but widely used by Iranian Muslim families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Persian
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Cyrus
Root letters
Persian and Arabic share many roots through centuries of Islamic scholarship; Kourosh's consonants live comfortably in both.
Across history
Who has carried Kourosh before.
- Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BCE), founder of the Persian Empire
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Kourosh
- What does the name Kourosh mean?
- Kourosh (كُورُوش) means "Sun, far-sighted". From Old Persian Kuruš. Borne by Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
- Is Kourosh a name from the Qur'an?
- Kourosh does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Persian name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Kourosh a boy or a girl name?
- Kourosh is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Kourosh come from?
- Kourosh is a Persian name, built on the root letters K-R-Sh. Iconic Persian name; pre-Islamic but widely used by Iranian Muslim families.
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