Cyril
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Cyril Origin and Meaning
The name Cyril is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "lordly".
A British-accented Greek name with an intellectual image that has been off the U.S. charts since 1966, but was a Top 300 name at the turn of the last century. We have the feeling Cyril's ready for a comeback.
Cyril is the name of several saints, including the ninth century Greek missionary who invented the Cyrillic alphabet. In literature, there are Cyrils featured in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, Princess Ida and D. H. Lawrence's novel, The White Peacock.
Oscar Wilde named a son Cyril. Cyrilla and Cyrille are the appealing female forms.
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# 984 in the US
Cyril Rank in US Top 1000
# 659 on Nameberry
Cyril Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Cyril Popularity
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Famous People Named Cyril
- Cyril ObiozorAmerican NFL football player
- Cyril Norman HinshelwoodEnglish physical chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Cyril SukCzech tennis player
- Cyril Lodowic BurtEnglish educational psychologist
- Constantine "Cyril" LucarisGreek prelate and theologian; Patriarch of Constantinople
- Cyril RioliAustralian rules footballer
- Cyril WechtAmerican forensic pathologist, former Allegheny County Medical Examiner
- Cyril Brandtford Romneyformer Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
- Cyril Hollandson of writer Oscar Wilde
- Lance Cyril Mountainson of American pro skateboarder Lance Mountain
Cyril in Pop Culture
- Cyril Tannercharacter in Cassandra Clare's "The Infernal Devices"
- Cyril Keithtwin brother of Don, brother of Mildred Keith in "A Life of Faith" book series
- Cyril ProudbottomMr. Toad's Lancashire horse in "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"
- Cyril Graycharacter in film "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
- CyrilIce Guardian dragon in video game "Spyro the Dragon"
- Cyril Fieldingcharacter in E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India"
- "Cyril Ash" Australian nickname for money
- Cyril Figgischaracter on animated series "Archer"
- Cyrilsquirrel in the Maisy Mouse series by Lucy Cousins
- Cyril Shenstonecharacter in G. A. Henty's, When London Burned
- Cyril "Squirrel"character in E. Nesbit's "Five Children and It"
- Cyril Montfortcharacter from the Dragon Age games
- Cyril RobinsonCharacter from "Call The Midwife"