Ciro is a name originally related to

Cyrus the Great Cyrus II of Persia ( ; 530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Achaemenid dynasty (i. The clan and dynasty) Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Media ...

(the king of Persia): *

Ciro (given name) Ciro is an Italian () and Spanish given name related to Cyrus. Notable people with the given name include: * Ciro Alegría (1909–1967), Peruvian journalist, politician and novelist * Ciro Henrique Alves Ferreira e Silva (born 1989), Brazilian foo ...

, a list of the people who share the Italian and Spanish given name *

Ćiro (given name) Ćiro is a predominantly Croatian and occasionally Serbian name. It is within the 2,000 most common first names in Croatia. The name is more common in southern Croatia. Its first known mention was in a 1749 tax census. Notable people * Ćiro Tr ...

, a list of the people who share the Croatian given name *

Ciro (opera) ''Ciro'' (''Cyrus''), also written ''Il Ciro'', is a 1653 Italian '' drama per musica'' (opera) in a prologue and three acts with music by Francesco Provenzale and a libretto by Giulio Cesare Sorrentino. The story concerns the Persian king Cyru ...

, 1654 opera by Francesco Cavalli *

Cyrus Cuneo Cyrus Cincinato Cuneo (18 June 187923 July 1916), known as Ciro, was an American-born English visual artist, best known for painting. Early life He was born into an Italian American family of artists and musicians. His parents were Giovanni ...

(1879-1916), Italian American artist who was generally known as Ciro CIRO is also an abbreviation for the

Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO; ''Organisme canadien de réglementation des investissements'' or ''OCRI'' in French) is a non-profit, national self-regulatory organization (SRO). Established through the merger of the Invest ...

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