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Kyrie

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Kyrie

Say it: KY-ree

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Meaning

From Greek kyrie 'O Lord', the vocative of kyrios, known from the liturgical Kyrie eleison.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Rose quickly in the US in the 2010s with basketball player Kyrie Irving.

Its wave through time

Rising now

In the United States

05010018801900192019401960198020002020Girls 2016Boys 2020per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 14,651 babies given this name since 1969
  • At its height in 2017, about 1 in 1,000 boys
  • 1,793 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

AmericanAfrican American

Famous bearers

  • Kyrie Irving, American basketball player

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Where this comes from

  • Modern use, as a recently created name
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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