Ciro

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Cyrus in PH Philippines, GB United Kingdom, CU Cuba.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ciro is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name77K records spelled Ciro14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Italy, Brazil

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Cirò, 'Ciro, Ciró, Cìrò, Çiro

• Italian given name30K records spelled Ciro14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Cyrus, Cirò, Ciró, Cìro, Chirò

• a separate given name3.5K records spelled Ciro4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Italy, Bolivia

  Also written Cirò, Ćiro, Ciró

• Turkish given name904 records spelled Ciro3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Türkiye, United States, Spain

  Also written Çiro

• Hindi given name872 records spelled Ciro7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, India, Spain

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Cìrò, Cìro, Cirò, Ćiro

• Thai given name849 records spelled Ciro84 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Spain

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Charo, Gero, Jiro, Shiro, จิโร

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ciro is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, Cyrus (ancient king of Persia)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, dal greco kyrios, «signore»; nome di numerosi santi

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Nome persiano, non da spiegare come greco.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, È nome peraiano; mi pare dunque arbitrario in- terpretarlo come se fosse greco (Eyrios). Dei vari S. di questo nome è specialmente venerato S. Ciro d'Alessandria, mart. 311, 31 gennaio; patrono dei medici. I n qualche luogo (Genova e Pavia) si confonde Giro con Siro.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• Padrone, signore

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 122 years between 1902–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Cyrus the Youngerb. 500IQnot in their usual nameAchaemenid prince, satrap of Lydia from 408 to 401 BC
• Guglielmo Nasib. 1879ITnot in their usual nameItalian general (1879-1971)
• Ciro Alegríab. 1909PEPeruvian writer, journalist and politician (1909-1967)
• Ciro Ippolitob. 1947ITItalian director and producer
• Ciro Gomesb. 1957BRBrazilian politician, former governor of Ceará, Brazil
• Ciro Ferrarab. 1967ITItalian association football player and manager
• Ciro Guerrab. 1981COColombian film director and screenwriter
• Ciro Petroneb. 1987ITItalian actor
• Ciro Immobileb. 1990ITItalian association football player
• Cyrus of Alexandrianot in their usual namePatriarch of Alexandria

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 772 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ciro?

We estimate roughly 35 thousand people bear Ciro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Ciro have the most bearers?

Ciro is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled ciro.

How common is Ciro compared with other names?

In Argentina, Ciro is the 375th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Ciro a male or female name?

Ciro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ciro mean?

Recorded meaning: From Greek. See }Cyrus in main dictionary.