Kores as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kores

What is the meaning of the name Kores ?

The baby name Kores is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOH-rez,/ˈkoʊrɛs/,/ˈkɔːrɛs/.

Kores is in Origin.

Kores is most commonly a transliteration variant of Hebrew Koresh (כֹּרֶשׁ), the biblical form of Cyrus, from Old Persian Kūruš. Through the figure of Cyrus the Great - the Achaemenid ruler who ended the Babylonian exile - it entered Jewish and Christian naming traditions. Meaning is debated: scholars leave Kūruš etymology uncertain, though folk renderings interpret it as sun-like or kingly. Cross-language equivalents include Cyrus (English), Kyros (Greek), Kourosh/Kurush (Persian), and Koresh (Hebrew). Regional variants close to Kores include Koreš (Slavic) and Koresz (Hungarian).

Some also connect Kores to the Hebrew noun/participle qore, “caller/reader,” reflected in minor Levite figures named Kore in 1–2 Chronicles, giving the sense of one who proclaims. As a given name, Kores is rare today but recognizable across faiths and languages through its Cyrus/Koresh lineage, offering a compact, international alternative to the more familiar Cyrus.

⚙ Kores is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Kores appears only 18 times in total — found in 9 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.