Jeffrey Richards explains Hormisdas's Persian name as probably in honour of an exiled Persian noble, Hormizd, "celebrated in the Roman martyrology (8 August) but not so honoured in the East."
Jeffrey Richards forklarer Hormisdas' persiske navn givetvis var til ære for den adelige Hormizd, der var i eksil, "for at fejre det romerske martyrologium (8. august) men ikke æret i Østen."