Cyrus? Is it too "Miley"? - Boy Names

A friend of mine is considering the name [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] for her little boy due in [name_u]January[/name_u]. She wanted a name reflecting some part of her ethnicity, something relatively unique but still a legitimate name and something that would be easy to say and spell. [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] is a Persian name (her Gma is from Iran) and

A friend of mine is considering the name [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] for her little boy due in [name_u]January[/name_u]. She wanted a name reflecting some part of her ethnicity, something relatively unique but still a legitimate name and something that would be easy to say and spell. [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] is a Persian name (her Gma is from Iran) and it meets all of her requirements…and we thought it was cool that it was historically given to a lot of Persian kings. But what is the first thing–especially in the United States–that comes to mind when you hear [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]?

[name_f]Miley[/name_f]…

She loved it when she first read it, but then when she realized that [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] = [name_f]Miley[/name_f] [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] she kind of backed off. So…what do you think? Is that name too connected to [name_f]Miley[/name_f]/[name_u]Billy[/name_u] [name_u]Ray[/name_u]? Would it bring too many comparisons right now, especially for a boy? Because it really is a lovely name and I’ve been trying to reassure her that 5-10 years down the line (when he is in school) that [name_f]Miley[/name_f] [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] will be a distant memory and his classmates will have no idea who she even was. But she’s still hesitant :-/

EDIT

Thank you all! Hopefully she’ll listen to strangers who tell her the name is perfectly fine because she certainly wasn’t listening to me

And for those suggesting looking at other Persian names, she has Her short list is Avan, Jasper, Dastan, Rayan and Cyrus…but Cyrus was her favorite.
She’s also got separate Greek, Scandinavian and Hebrew lists, too, but since she already used Greek and Hebrew for her little girl she wanted to do Scandinavian and Persian for this one (and the Scandinavian middle name she picked out is her father’s name, Frederick).

She says Kaspar is a definitely no.
Lol her name is Wendi (Casper Meets Wendy!)

But she’s more than willing to hear suggestions you guys have! MN will be Frederick, LN is Eriksson

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