{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} '''Kuriakose''' ({{langx|syr|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 Christians such as Assyrians and Arabs, Kyriakos in Greece and Cyprus, Cyriacus in Italy and Cyr in France.<ref>{{cite web|title=Variations of Saint Kuriakose|url=https://sites.google.com/site/saintkuriakose/variations|website=Google Sites}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Assyro Chaldean saint Kuriakose |url=http://www.urmi.org/english/saints/martyrmarqoryaqos.htm|website=Saints of Urmia-Iran}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=References to Koriakos |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHURAAAAYAAJ&q=koriakos&pg=PA242|website=History of Syrian Nation|last1 = Malech|first1 = George David|year = 1910}}</ref>
The name Kuriakose is derived from the Syriac Aramaic name ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ (''quryāqōs'')<ref> {{cite web |title=About Saint Kuriakose |url=https://sites.google.com/site/saintkuriakose/ |website=Google Sites}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=Syriac Aramaic Prayer for Saint Kuriakose and Eulita |url=http://www.ankawa.org/vshare/view/3318/madrasha-d-mar-qoryaqos-w-imai/|website=Ankhawa Syriac}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=Syriac Aramaic Culture|url=http://www.syriacculture.com/sr/SrMoatDetails.php?recordID=67|website=Syriac Culture|access-date=2015-05-01|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150501101221/http://www.syriacculture.com/sr/SrMoatDetails.php?recordID=67|archive-date=2015-05-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> which itself is from Greek. The name is believed to have originated from Saint Quriaqos who is known in both Syriac and Latin liturgies<ref>{{cite web|title=Assyro Chaldean saint Kuriakose |url=http://www.urmi.org/english/saints/martyrmarqoryaqos.htm|website=Saints of Urmia-Iran}}</ref> The meaning of Kuriakose most closely matches to 'of the Lord'.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biblical baby names|url=http://www.biblical-baby-names.com/meaning-of-kuriakose.html|website=Biblical baby names}}</ref>
==Various forms of Kuriakose== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! 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 *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 *Jomon Kuriakose, chef in UK ==See also== *Saint Thomas Christians *Syrian Christians *Assyrians in Iran *Assyrians in Iraq
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Category:Masculine given names Category:Saint Thomas Christians