Cyril

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GenderMasculine
UsageEnglish, French, Czech, Slovak
PronouncedSIR-əl(English) SEE-REEL(French) TSI-ril(Czech) [key]
Meaning & History
From the Greek name Κυριλλος (Kyrillos) which was derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) meaning
"lord", a word used frequently in the Greek Bible to refer to God or Jesus.
This name was borne by a number of important saints, including Cyril of Jerusalem, a 4th-century
bishop and Doctor of the Church, and Cyril of Alexandria, a 5th-century theologian. Another Saint
Cyril was a 9th-century linguist and a Greek missionary to the Slavs. The Cyrillic alphabet, which is
still used today, was created by him and his brother Methodius in order to translate the Bible
into Slavic, and thus this name has been especially popular in Eastern Christianity. It came into
general use in England in the 19th century.
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VariantCyrille(French)

DiminutiveCy(English)

Feminine FormCyrilla(English)

Other Languages & CulturesCyrillus, Kyriakos, Kyrillos(Ancient

Greek) Kiril(Bulgarian) Kyriakos(Greek) Ciriaco, Cirillo(Italian) Cyriacus(Late
Roman)Kirils(Latvian) Kiril, Kire, Kiro(Macedonian) Cyryl(Polish) Ciríaco(Portuguese) Kirill(Russian
) Ciril(Slovene) Ciriaco, Ciríaco(Spanish)Kyrylo(Ukrainian)
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Czech Republic
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United States
Images

Fresco depicting Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

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Entry updated May 31, 2018
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