Kourosh

/K-UW-R-AA-SH/

Boy MuslimZoroastrian Persian origin OtherPersian

The classical Persian form of Cyrus, a royal Iranian name

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Meaning & origin

Kourosh is a boy's name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families. The name means "The classical Persian form of Cyrus, a royal Iranian name" and belongs to the Nobility cluster — names with regal heritage and dignified bearing.

Beyond its Muslim heritage, Kourosh is also used in Zoroastrian traditions, reflecting how this name has traveled across cultures.

Common among Other, Persian families, Kourosh carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Kourosh

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Kourosh resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean

8

material mastery and executive power

Chaldean

5

freedom and adventurous change

How Kourosh sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Kourosh breaks down into 5 phonemes: /K-UW-R-AA-SH/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Kourosh — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

KouriKour

The six signals, applied to Kourosh

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01 — Birth Star

Nakshatra match

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02 — Numerology

Destiny alignment

Pythagorean and Chaldean life-path calculations (destiny 8) matched against your family's own numerology profile.

03 — Phonetics

Last-name fit

Rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters measured with IPA to see how Kourosh flows with your family name.

04 — Meaning

Nobility

Kourosh belongs to the Nobility cluster — names with regal heritage and dignified bearing.

05 — Cultural & Tradition

Muslim

As a Muslim name, Kourosh carries religious and cultural weight scored against your family's heritage — plus grandparent-name matches, saint's-day alignment, and generational naming patterns scored against your family tree.

06 — Uniqueness

Popularity balance

How common Kourosh is today versus historically — finding the sweet spot between familiar and forgotten.

Names similar to Kourosh

If Kourosh resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Muslim boy names, common in Other families

The praised one, the most lauded of all creation — Muhammad is the name of the final prophet of Islam, the mercy to all worlds. It is the most commonly bestowed name on earth, carried by hundreds of millions across every continent

Exalted, sublime, the highest — Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad, the fourth Rashidun Caliph and the first Imam in Shia Islam. His name rings with moral elevation, martial valour, and the legendary justice of a ruler whose sword Dhul-Fiqar became the emblem of righteous strength across the Islamic world

Face of a king, from Persian shah (king) and rukh (face, cheek), a name of royal countenance and bearing. The word rukh is also the chess piece the rook, and the name was carried by a Timurid sultan who patronised a Persian cultural renaissance, joining majesty to a storied heritage.

The little beautiful one, the diminutive of Hassan — Husayn ibn Ali stood against tyranny at Karbala with a handful of followers and gave his life for justice. His name echoes across centuries as a symbol of principled sacrifice, moral courage, and the refusal to submit to injustice even when the odds are impossible

Sharing the same meaning

Other Muslim boy names from the Nobility cluster

Praised, praiseworthy, from the Arabic root h-m-d (to praise) shaping muhammad, 'the one worthy of praise.' This is the British and broader Anglosphere spelling of the Prophet of Islam's name, the same root and reference carried into English, French, and South Asian Muslim families alike.

Most praiseworthy, from the Arabic root h-m-d (to praise) in the elative pattern afʿal, meaning 'most worthy of praise.' Closely tied to Muhammad and Mahmud, it is the precise classical Arabic form of the Prophet's name and is read by Muslims as the messenger foretold in the Quran.

Praised, praiseworthy, from the Arabic root ḥ-m-d (to praise), the Persianate spelling of Muhammad and a reference to the Prophet of Islam. The name names its bearer as one worthy of continual praise, carrying the same devotional weight as the original Arabic across Iranian, Pakistani, and wider Muslim usage.

Names that sound similar

Muslim boy names that open with the same syllables as Kourosh

Fortunate moon, a transparent Turkish compound of kut (blessed fortune, the old Turkic notion of heaven-sent good luck and sovereign grace) and ay (moon). The name joins auspicious fortune to the beauty of the moon, kut being an ancient and weighty word in Turkic ideas of blessing.

Whose single witness was counted as two by the Prophet ﷺ — Khuzaymah ibn Thabit al-Ansari had his testimony in a disputed transaction accepted by the Prophet ﷺ as equivalent to two witnesses, giving him the honorific Dhu al-Shahadatayn, Possessor of Two Testimonies. A name that proclaims unimpeachable credibility, the person whose word carries double weight because their honesty has never once been in question

The great one — in India Kabir is inseparable from the 15th-century mystic poet Kabir Das, the weaver-saint who transcended Hindu-Muslim divides with verses that mocked empty ritual and celebrated direct experience of the divine. His name carries the greatness of a soul too vast for any single creed to contain

Common questions about Kourosh

What does the name Kourosh mean?

Kourosh means "The classical Persian form of Cyrus, a royal Iranian name." It is a boy name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families.

Is Kourosh a boy or girl name?

Kourosh is most commonly used as a boy name.

What is the origin of the name Kourosh?

Kourosh is of Persian origin, used in Muslim, Zoroastrian traditions, commonly among Other, Persian families.

What are common nicknames for Kourosh?

Common short forms of Kourosh include Kouri, Kour.

What is the numerology of Kourosh?

Kourosh has a Pythagorean destiny number of 8 — material mastery and executive power.

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