Given name
Cyrill
“a master or lord”
Cyrill is a variant of Cyril. One Greek interpretation is “a master or lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cyrill is a variant of Cyril. One Greek interpretation is “a master or lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cyrill is a variant of Cyril. An origin associated with Cyril is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Alemannic German usage, Cyrill developed from 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. Cyrill 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
Cyrill through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 36 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 139 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cyrill’s family of names
In Alemannic German usage, Cyrill developed from the Ancient Greek form Κύριλλος. Cyrill has a related form in Cyril. In German usage, Cyrill has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Cyril.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cyrill
- Cyrill DemianAustrian pipe organ builder1779–1847
- Cyrill AkonoGerman-Cameroonian footballerborn 2000
- Cyrill KistlerGerman composer (1848–1907)
- Cyrill MohrFrench fencer (1879–1918)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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