Cyrus (in modern Persian, کوروش – Kurosh – and in Greek, Kyros)'s a common Persian given name. It was the name of the king Cyrus the Great who ruled Anshan. It most commonly refers to Cyrus the Great, but has many other uses. Persian monarchs and princes Cyrus I of Anshan (ca. 650 BC), King of Persia Cyrus II of Persia (559–529 BC) – also known as Cyrus the Great – the grandson of Cyrus I, an Achaemenid ruler and the founder of the Per… (More on Cyrus)