Cyprus

loc · Greek · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Cyprus is a name, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. It appears chiefly in Greek and Turkish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Mediterranean island.

rarermore common
  • ATAustria1 in 285K
  • AUAustralia1 in 598K
  • GBUnited Kingdom1 in 695K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

70K

in 5 countries

Sources
54

1.1K records

Official registry-verified

Meaning & origin

Mediterranean island

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Cyprus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom40452 rec.listedCyprus17
US United States106949 rec.163Cyprus54
AU Australia9821 rec.1Cyprus9
AT Austria233 rec.Cyprus2
CA Canada1321 rec.2Cyprus9
DE Germany56 rec.Cyprus2
BE Belgium50 rec.Cyprus1
NL Netherlands2 rec.listed1

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Languages

  • Greek20K28%
  • Turkish3.9K5%
  • English6191%
  • Italian1471%
  • Arabic1321%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Greek20,41028%
Turkish3,9065%
English6191%
Italian1471%
Arabic1321%

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

Cyprus is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Greek given name64 records spelled Cyprus12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Cyprus, Greece, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Greek, English, German

    Also written Κυπρος, Kypros, Κύπρος, Cypros, Kipros

  • Norwegian name51 records spelled Cyprus9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway

    Also written Kypros, Cypern

  • Swahili surname44 records spelled Cyprus3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Shipure

  • Indonesian given name16 records spelled Cyprus4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Siprus

23 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

Cyprus is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A woman from Cyprus

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  • In Malay, Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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

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Cyprus in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 2003–2025
Yearrecords
20036
20047
200614
20077
20089
200910
20117
20129
201312
20146
201512
201610
201716
201811
201911
202015
202125
202220
202318
202425
202531

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)21 years between 2003–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Cyprus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020163#36,929
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202050#36,929
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202531
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202425
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202125
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202220
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202318
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201716
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202015
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200614
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201512
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201312

Reference works 2

  • Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (Tom II: C-D)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 37 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Cyprus?
Our records include 69,970 bearers of Cyprus across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
In which country does Cyprus have the most bearers?
Cyprus is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled cyprus.
What does the name Cyprus mean?
Recorded meaning: Mediterranean island
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About this data

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Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cyprus”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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