Cirano

The origin of this name is still today quite uncertain. The theories include: 1) From the Ancient Greek “Kyrēnē (Κυρήνη),” meaning “from Cyrene.” 2) Among the various hypotheses, could be processing of the name Cyrus. 3) Could be an abbreviation of Sigiranno an Old High German name composed of two elements: “*seʒiz / sigis” (victory) plus “*hrabnaz > raban” (raven). Sigiranno was a French abbot saint; it also is known as “St. Cyrano”. Cyrene was an Ancient Greek colony and then a Roman city in present-day Shahhat, Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. Cyrano Hercule Savinien de Bergerac (1619–1655) was a French dramatist and soldier, most widely remembered because of the fictional romantic play based upon his life by Edmond Rostand.