Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kyrillos isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kyrillos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 255
- 255 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,367 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,367 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 267 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.
Kyrillos’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kyrillos
- Cyril of JerusalemChristian theologian, bishop, and saint (c. 313 – 386)
- Cyril LucarisPatriarch of Constantinople1572–1638
- Cyril of ScythopolisPalestinian monk, biographer (6th century)524–558
- Cyril VII of ConstantinopleGreek priest (?-1872)1775–1872
- Cyril V of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople1690–1775
- Pope Cyril III of AlexandriaPope of the Coptic Orthodox Church1235–1243
- Kyrillos II of CyprusArchbishop of Cyprus (1845–1916)
- Kyrillos Ibishop of Antioch300–306
- Kyrillos III of CyprusCypriot priest and politician (1859–1933)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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