Given name
Kirill
“of the Lord”·“a master or lord”
Kirill is a variant of Kiril. One Greek interpretation is “of the Lord.” Kirill is a form of Cyril. One Greek interpretation is “a master or lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kirill is a variant of Kiril. One Greek interpretation is “of the Lord.” Kirill is a form of Cyril. One Greek interpretation is “a master or lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kirill is a variant of Kiril. An origin associated with Kiril is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian use, Kirill is used as a form of Cyril.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Kirill is a 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Kirill through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 495
- 495 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,962 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −51%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,962 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 51.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 38 in 2014. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,914 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.
Kirill’s family of names
Kirill shares a linguistic root with Cyril. Kirill has a related form in Kiril. Kirill is a form of Cyril.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kirill has relatives in 21 languages.
22 related names in 21 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Cyrilcognate · English
- Kyrillosequivalent
- Ciriloequivalent
- Cyrillequivalent
- Cyrilleequivalent
- Kirylequivalent
- Кірылequivalent
- CirilloItalian
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- Cyrillusequivalent
- Cirillequivalent
- Chirilequivalent
- Kyryloequivalent
- Cirilequivalent
- Кирилоequivalent
- Κύριλλοςroot · Ancient Greek, Greek
- Кири́лоUkrainian
- КирилSerbo-Croatian, Macedonian
- Кири́ллRussian
- CyrylPolish
- کیریلPersian
- KirilsLatvian
- 키릴Korean
- キリルJapanese
- Kirilaizh
- קירילHebrew
- კირილიGeorgian
- კირილეGeorgian
- 基里爾Mandarin
- Кири́лBulgarian
- Кіры́лBelarusian
- ԿիրիլArmenian
- كِيرِيلArabic
People named Kirill
- Cyril of AlexandriaPatriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444376–444
- Kirill MeretskovSoviet marshal (1897–1968)
- Kirill MoskalenkoSoviet marshal (1902–1985)
- Kirill NababkinRussian football player, defenderborn 1986
- Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of RussiaHead of the House of Romanov (1924-1938)1876–1938
- Kirill LavrovSoviet and Russian actor (1925-2007)
- Kirill of TurovBelarusian and Ukrainian saint1130–1182
- Kirill KombarovRussian footballerborn 1987
- Kirill KaprizovRussian ice hockey playerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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