Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Κύριλλος
“lord”
Κύριλλος (Kū́rillos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European, meaning “lord.” It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Cyril.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-, built from Ancient Greek Κῦρος + -ιλλος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Κύριλλος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Κύριλλος has a later derivative in Cyril. In Greek usage, Κύριλλος has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Cirilo. In Greek usage, Κύριλλος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cyril.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Κύριλλος has relatives in 20 languages.
19 related names in 20 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Cyrilderivative · Slovak, ceb
- Kirillderivative · English
- Ciriloderivative · Spanish, Portuguese
- Kirilequivalent
- Kyrilequivalent
- Cyrillderivative · gsw
- CyrilleFrench
- Cirilequivalent
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- Кирилоequivalent
- Кирилequivalent
- Կիւրեղborrowing · Classical Armenian
- Ǩiurrâlderivative · sms
- Кірылborrowing · Belarusian
- 西里爾derivative · Chinese
- Կյուրեղderivative · Armenian
- Кириллborrowing · Russian
- CyrylPolish
- Cyrillusderivative · Latin, German
- Chirilderivative · Romanian
- Kyryloderivative · English
- Kirilsderivative · Latvian
- Cirilloequivalent
People named Κύριλλος
- Cyril of JerusalemChristian theologian, bishop, and saint (c. 313 – 386)
- Cyril LucarisPatriarch of Constantinople1572–1638
- Cyril of ScythopolisPalestinian monk, biographer (6th century)524–558
- Cyril VII of ConstantinopleGreek priest (?-1872)1775–1872
- Cyril V of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople1690–1775
- Pope Cyril III of AlexandriaPope of the Coptic Orthodox Church1235–1243
- Kyrillos II of CyprusArchbishop of Cyprus (1845–1916)
- Kyrillos Ibishop of Antioch300–306
- Kyrillos III of CyprusCypriot priest and politician (1859–1933)
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