Pyrrhos as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pyrrhos

What is the meaning of the name Pyrrhos ?

The baby name Pyrrhos is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈpɪr.əs/ (PIR-uhs); Ancient Greek (approx.): /pýr.rɔːs/ (PYR-ros).

Pyrrhos is Greek in Origin.

Pyrrhos is the Greek form (Πύρρος) meaning “flame-colored” or “red-haired,” an epithet derived from the adjective pyrrhos and associated with πῦρ (pyr, “fire”). The name suggested ruddy or golden hair and a fiery aspect. Variants include the Latinized Pyrrhus, the modern Greek Pyrros, and Pirro in Albanian/Italian contexts; the related feminine is Pyrrha. Though distinct, Pyrrho (Πύρρων), as borne by the skeptic philosopher, is a near cognate sometimes encountered in classical texts.

In antiquity, Pyrrhos appears in myth as an alternate name for Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, and in history as Pyrrhus of Epirus (319–272 BCE), whose costly victories over Rome coined the term “Pyrrhic victory.” The name recurs sporadically in Byzantine records (e.g., Patriarch Pyrrhus) and survives in modern Greece, notably via Olympic weightlifter Pyrros Dimas. Outside Greek-speaking communities it remains rare, with Pyrrhus the more familiar scholarly variant.

⚙ We have no record of Pyrrhos in any national birth registry or name dataset. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.