Kuriakose

Kuriakose (Syriac: ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ‎) is a common male first name and surname among Saint Thomas Christians, mainly from central part of the state of Kerala in India and surrounding areas. Derivatives of the name Kuriakose include "Kurian" and "Kurien". This name is a variant of names found among Middle Eastern countries among the minority Syrian, Iranian and Iraqi Christians, 'Kuriakos' in Greece and 'Cyriacus in Italy and 'Cyr' in France.[1][2][3]

The name Kuriakose is derived from the Syriac Aramaic name ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ (Quriaqos).[4][5][6] The name is believed to have originated from Saint Quriaqos who is known in both Syriac and Latin liturgies[7] The meaning of "Kuriakose" most closely matches to "Lordian" or "Deriving from the Lord".[8]

Various forms of Kuriakose
Names Areas of Concentration
Kuriakose / Kuryakose / Kuriyakose / Kurian / Kurien India (South Western region)
Kuryakus / Kuryakos / Quriakos / Qoryaqos/

Quryaqos / Kiryakos / Koriakos

Iraq (Nineveh Plains area), Turkey (Eastern region), Iran (Urmia area), Syria (North Eastern region), Lebanon, Armenia
Kyriakos / Kuriakos / Kiryakos Greece, Israel, Palestine
Cyriacus / Cyricus Italy
Cyr France
Kyriacos Egypt

Notable people with name Kuriakose and its derivatives
  • Arackaparambil Kurien Antony, former Defense Minister of India
  • Benny Kuriakose, conservation consultant
  • Eden Kuriakose, Indian actress
  • Kuriakose Elias Chavara, founder of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate and a Catholic Saint
  • T K Kurien, CEO and Executive Director of Wipro Limited
  • Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud and Former President of Oracle Corporation
  • Verghese Kurien, founder of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation
  • Pius C. Kuriakose, former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court

See also

Notes
  1. "Variations of Saint Kuriakose". Google Sites.
  2. "Assyro Chaldean saint Kuriakose". Saints of Urmia-Iran.
  3. Malech, George David (1910). "References to Koriakos". History of Syrian Nation.
  4. "About Saint Kuriakose". Google Sites.
  5. "Syriac Aramaic Prayer for Saint Kuriakose and Eulita". Ankhawa Syriac.
  6. "Syriac Aramaic Culture". Syriac Culture. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  7. "Assyro Chaldean saint Kuriakose". Saints of Urmia-Iran.
  8. "Biblical baby names". Biblical baby names.
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