[ 3 syll. si-riu(s), sir-i-us ] The baby boy name Sirius is pronounced in English as SIHRiyahS or SIYRiyahS †. Sirius' language of origin is Old Greek and it is used mainly in the German language. Derived from the element seirios which means 'glowing'. In astronomy, Sirius is the brightest star in the sky; it is nicknamed Dog Star after its constellation, Canis Major. The name has recently been made known by the fictional character Sirius Black in J.K. Rowling''s Harry Potter series (1997-2007). Derivatives of Sirius include the Italian Siro and the name Syrius. Sirius is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Sirius include the name Syrius, the name Safiros, the name Sareeq, the name Sarkea, the name Saroshe, the name Scirocco, the name Scyrocco, the name Searcea, the Scottish Seoras, the Spanish Sergeo, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Sergio, the Greek Sergios, the Polish Sergiusz, the Russian Serhiyko, the Spanish Serjio, the Russian Serjoscha, the name Seryoga, the name Shareak, the name Shareaq, and the name Shareek. † Pronunciation for Sirius: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" |
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