# Cambyses (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cambyses/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Cambȳsēs, itself from Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (k-b-u-ji-i-y /⁠Kaᵐbūjiyaʰ⁠/).

## In other languages

- Arabic: قَمْبِيز
- French: Cambyse
- Greek: Καμβύσης
- Hindi: कंबुजीय
- Italian: Cambise
- Japanese: カンビュセス
- Latin: Cambyses
- Russian: Камбиз

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.