boy name · Source-indexed record
Kourosh
كورش
Kourosh is a Persian name for boys that means like the Sun. Kourosh is the name of the founder of the Achaemenid Empire in Persia, who is known as Cyrus the Great in English.
- Arabic spelling
- كورش
- Pronunciation
- KOO-rohshAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- PersianSource-stated
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- K
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Kourosh
Kourosh is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “Kourosh is a Persian name for boys that means like the Sun. Kourosh is the name of the founder of the Achaemenid Empire in Persia, who is known as Cyrus the Great in English.”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.