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Kirill
Say it: kee-REEL
Meaning
From Greek Kyrillos, from kyrios 'lord'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Through the 9th-century missionary for whom Cyrillic is named.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 433 babies given this name since 1997
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 50,500 boys
- 16 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Кирилл
| Ukrainian | Kyrylo |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Kiril |
| Polish | Cyryl |
| Czech | Cyril |
| Greek | Kyrillos |
Famous bearers
- Saint Cyril, apostle to the Slavs
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.