Given name · also Slavic
Chiril
Chiril is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Chiril comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Romanian usage, Chiril developed from Κύριλλος.
Chiril’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Chiril developed from the Ancient Greek form Κύριλλος. In Romanian usage, Chiril has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cyril. In Romanian usage, Chiril has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Cirilo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Chiril
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