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[ syll. si-riu(s), sir-i-us ] The boy name Sirius is pronounced SAYRiyahS †. 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). A variant form of Sirius is the Greek and Italian Siro. 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 Scottish Seoras, the Spanish Sergeo, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Sergio, the Greek Sergios, the German Sergius, the Polish Sergiusz, the Russian Serhiyko, the Spanish Serjio, the Russian Serjoscha, the English Syrus, the Spanish Cergio, the German Cyriac, the Indian Saarik, the Russian Sacharija, the Indian Sarik, the name Serek, the English and Russian Sergei, the Russian Sergej, the Russian Sergey, and the Russian Sergi.
† approx English pronunciation for Sirius: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
