Persian Boy Names That Mean Sun

Almost every name on this page owes something to Cyrus, the name of Cyrus the Great, whose empire stretched across ancient Persia. Historians disagree on whether it meant 'sun' or 'throne,' which is why you'll see both glosses repeated across this list.

From that one root come short forms like Cy, European versions like Ciro, and newer spellings like Kyro, Syris, Cyrie, and Kyris. Others, like Mihir and Mehran, reach the same meaning through Mithra, the Persian sun god, instead.

Why so many Persian boy names that mean sun sound alike

Cyrus casts a long shadow here, and that's the point — parents who want a sun name but not a common one keep reshaping the same syllables. Kyro updates the spelling, Cy strips it to one syllable, and Ciro gives it an Italian accent. Say them side by side and you can hear one ancient king echoing through five centuries of naming fashion.

The names that reach the sun a different way

Mihir and Mehran both descend from Mithra, the Persian god associated with the sun, rather than from Cyrus — Mihir by way of Sanskrit, Mehran through Sasanian nobility. Zoraiz skips mythology entirely and just describes radiance, while Arish and Nima carry looser, regionally disputed sun associations worth knowing before you commit.