Given name & surname
Cirilo
“one who is noble”
Cirilo is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is noble.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is noble.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Cirilo developed from the Ancient Greek form Κύριλλος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Cirilo is a variant of Cyril. The history of Cyril gives this family its wider story. Cyril’s historical associations include a large number of early saints, most notably the theologians Cyril of Alexandria and Cyril of Jerusalem.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Cirilo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,128
- 1,128 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,929 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,929 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,018 as a first name in 2020; 1,311 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cirilo’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Cirilo developed from the Ancient Greek form Κύριλλος. Cirilo has a related form in Cyril. In Portuguese usage, Cirilo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cyril.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cirilo has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
17 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Kirillequivalent
- Kyrillosequivalent
- Kirilequivalent
- Kyrilequivalent
- Cyrillequivalent
- Cirilaequivalent
- CyrielDutch
- CyrilleFrench
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People named Cirilo
- Cirilo Antonio Rivarolapolitician from Paraguay, president in 18701834–1878
- Cirilo VillaverdeCuban writer (1812-1894)
- Cirilo de Alameda y BreaCatholic cardinal1781–1872
- Cirilo SaucedoMexican footballer and managerborn 1982
- Cirilo B. FloresBishop of San Diego1948–2014
- Cirilo Almario20th-century Philippine Catholic bishop1931–2016
- CiriloBrazilian footballerborn 1980
- Cirilo Volkmar MachadoPortuguese architect, painter, sculptor, art historian1748–1823
- Cirilo BautistaFilipino writer1941–2018
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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