Cyril

Greek

"lordly"

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.

Cyril Rank in US Top 1000

# 984 in the US

Cyril Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 676 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Cyril

• 676 Nameberry 2025

20 Names Similar to Cyril

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Famous People Named Cyril

• Cyril Obiozor American NFL football player
• Cyril Norman Hinshelwood English physical chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Cyril Suk Czech tennis player
• Cyril Lodowic Burt English educational psychologist
• Constantine "Cyril" Lucaris Greek prelate and theologian; Patriarch of Constantinople
• Cyril Rioli Australian rules footballer
• Cyril Wecht American forensic pathologist, former Allegheny County Medical Examiner
• Cyril Brandtford Romney former Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
• Cyril Holland son of writer Oscar Wilde
• Lance Cyril Mountain son of American pro skateboarder Lance Mountain

The name Cyril in Pop Culture

• Cyril Tanner character in Cassandra Clare's "The Infernal Devices"
• Cyril Keith twin brother of Don, brother of Mildred Keith in "A Life of Faith" book series
• Cyril Proudbottom Mr. Toad's Lancashire horse in "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"
• Cyril Gray character in film "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
• Cyril Ice Guardian dragon in video game "Spyro the Dragon"
• Cyril Fielding character in E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India"
• "Cyril Ash " Australian nickname for money
• Cyril Figgis character on animated series "Archer"
• Cyril squirrel in the Maisy Mouse series by Lucy Cousins
• Cyril Shenstone character in G. A. Henty's, When London Burned
• Cyril "Squirrel" character in E. Nesbit's "Five Children and It"
• Cyril Montfort character from the Dragon Age games
• Cyril Robinson Character from "Call The Midwife"

International Variations of the name Cyril

• Cyrek Eastern European
• Kiryl Russian
• Cyryl Eastern European
• Cyrille French
• Coireall Irish Gaelic
• Kirill Russian
• Kiril Bulgarian
• Cirillo Italian
• Cyrillio Eastern European
• Ciro Italian