Given name
Kyril
“of the Lord”
Kyril is a variant of Kiril. One Greek interpretation is “of the Lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kyril is a variant of Kiril. One Greek interpretation is “of the Lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kyril is a variant of Kiril. An origin associated with Kiril is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kyril through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2012.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kyril
- Kyril, Prince of PreslavBulgarian royalborn 1964
- Kyril BonfiglioliBritish art dealer (1928–1985)
- Kyril Louis-DreyfusSwiss-French businessman and football chairmanborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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