Ilovemybed
Tue 09-Feb-10 15:19:27
I really like it. For Ds2. But is it just tooooooooo poncey? We might be living in Brighton soon so that might help.
If mn says it's not poncey then I might be able to persuade dh

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As in Miley and Billy Ray?
It sounds like a surname to me, with the above links too.
TequilaMockinBird
Tue 09-Feb-10 15:23:15
Hmm reminds me of Hannah Montana tbh.
Sorry!
I dont think of it as poncey, the opposite infact.
Very country music.
GrimmaTheNome
Tue 09-Feb-10 15:25:30
Presumably you were thinking more of
Cyrus the Great - which is a bit poncy TBH, even if it wasn't currently spoiled by Hannah Montana.
minipie
Tue 09-Feb-10 15:28:34
errmmm being honest I just think of "Cyrus the Virus" (creepy John Malkovitch character from that film Con Air.)
but that's probably just me
Hullygully
Tue 09-Feb-10 15:29:19
I like it. But it's tricky.
skidoodle
Tue 09-Feb-10 15:33:16
trashy more than poncey
nasty
LetThereBeRock
Tue 09-Feb-10 15:34:06
I like it. It makes me think of the Persian emperor not Miley Cyrus,though most likely because I haven't got children yet so have been able to avoid the Hannah Montana craze.
mathanxiety
Tue 09-Feb-10 15:34:24
I think it's a bit American. Not country music though -- to me it's one of those names like Homer and Virgil that were popular back in the early 20th century in the US. I think there was some politician named Cyrus... yes, Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter. So I think of polyester and bad 70's haircuts, shades of brown and tan, in a way.
Blanchet
Tue 09-Feb-10 16:00:26
I see where you're coming from with "poncy"; it's the 'us' ending, I think! Yeah... sorry but it does have a slight poncy feel to me. Not terribly so, but... since you ask! Sorry.
lockets
Tue 09-Feb-10 16:21:23
I love it, was on our list for ds, great name.
I don't think of it as at all poncy-I taught a fab Cyrus who had a brother named Darius.
I knew a Cyrus - but he was Iranian, so it was a perfectly appropriate name. Ithink it's nice, as long as you don't mind him being nicknamed "Cy".
Ilovemybed
Wed 10-Feb-10 09:14:55
thanks all - I am not so worried about the Hannah Montana thing, I don't think she'll be around by the ds is worried about his name.
I wasn't really worried that it was trashy so that's really funny.
hummm.................
undecided still.
Bucharest
Wed 10-Feb-10 09:19:49
Either you are 14 and have a HSM themed bedroom, or you've got a penchant for very old very fat (and possibly dead) American politicians.
Either way, it's a no.
Amapoleon
Wed 10-Feb-10 09:30:46
Sorry reminds me of Miley.
itsallaboutpootle
Wed 10-Feb-10 09:32:00
A bit chavvy. My dd daughter goes to school with a Cyrus and he is a little sod, and from a chavtastic family!
doubleexpresso
Wed 10-Feb-10 10:13:01
Know male Cyrus - don't like it. Sounds like you're trying too hard. Sorry.
LowLevelWhingeing
Wed 10-Feb-10 10:18:11
No it is the opposite of poncey, but not in a good way.
arionater
Wed 10-Feb-10 10:54:17
Quite a common Iranian name, I like it; but you'd be gambling on the Miley Cyrus thing being over sooner rather than later. Do you like the likely nick-names too (Si? Russ? etc)
StrictlyKatty
Wed 10-Feb-10 17:52:55
I don't hear poncey I hear chav. I hate it personally.
readysalted
Wed 10-Feb-10 18:14:15
my dad is called cyrus he is in his 70s now and very cool he has always been known as cy i love his name
LibbyLobster
Wed 10-Feb-10 22:24:45
Everyone right now hears Cyrus and thinks Miley. She's unshakable. Miley Virus.
bellissima
Thu 11-Feb-10 12:56:58
Like mathanxiety I immediately think 'Vance'. Showing my age.