Given name & surname
Cyrilla
“a noble lady”·“a master or lord”
Cyrilla is a feminine form of Cyril. One Greek interpretation is “a master or lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Cyrilla carries the interpretation “a noble lady.” Cyrilla is a feminine form of Cyril. One Greek interpretation is “a master or lord.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Cyrilla is used as a feminine counterpart of Cyril.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Cyrilla is a feminine form 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.
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Cyrilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 549
- 0 boys · 549 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,596 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,596 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 278 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.
Cyrilla’s family of names
Cyrilla is a feminine form of Cyril. Cyrilla has a related form in Cirila. Cyrilla has a related form in Cyrille.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Cirillavariant
- Cirivariant
- Cereliavariant
- Cirilavariant
- Cyrillevariant
- Ciriliavariant
- Cirilvariant
- Cyrilliavariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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