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Subject: Re: christian names
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 15:20:15 -0500


In article <>, "David E. Zerga"
<> wrote:

>Ciriaco- from the Greek Kyrios, "God". The Latin form of the name is
>Cyriacus-
>'of the Lord', 'dedicated to God'. A form of Cyril or Cyrus. Also the
>name of a Saint.

No question that they're saints' names, but Cyrus isn't related to
Kyrios. It's the Greek version of the Persian name made famous by a king
(Kurash, more accurately in the original), while Kyrios is Greek for
"Lord" (not quite the same as "God", as any fan of St. Paul's will tell
you).

John

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