The city’s official name is Mysuru, but it was historically known as Mysore. In 2014, the Government of Karnataka officially changed the name from Mysore to Mysuru, as part of an initiative to revert city names to their original, traditional forms in Kannada.
Despite the official name change, both Mysuru and Mysore are still used interchangeably, with “Mysuru” being the formal and preferred name today.