Cyril

IPA: [ˈsɪ.ɹəl]GenderMaleOriginWord/nameGreekOther namesRelated namesCirillo, Cyrille, Cyryl, Cyrillus, Kiril, Kirill, Kyrillos, Kiryl, Kyrylo, Kiro, Kyril, Quirrel

Cyril (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kýrillos), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek κυριος (kýrios) 'lord'. There are various variant forms of the name Cyril such as Cyrill, Cyrille, Ciril, Kirill, Kiryl, Kirillos, Kyrylo, Kiril, Kiro, Kyril, Kyrill and Quirrel.

It may also refer to:

Christian patriarchs or bishops

Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313 – 386), theologian and bishop
Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376 – 444), Patriarch of Alexandria
Cyril the Philosopher (826–869), co-invented the Slavic alphabet (Glagolitic) and translated the Bible into Old Church Slavonic; namesake of the Cyrillic alphabet
Pope Cyril II of Alexandria, reigned 1078–1092
Greek Patriarch Cyril II of Alexandria, reigned in the 12th century
Cyril of Turaw (1130–1182), Belarusian bishop and orthodox saint
Pope Cyril III of Alexandria, reigned 1235–1243
Cyril, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1572), Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1568 to 1572
Cyril Lucaris (Patriarch Cyril I of Constantinople), reigned for six terms between 1612 and 1638
Cyril II of Constantinople, patriarch in 1633, 1635–1636, 1638–1639
Patriarch Cyril III of Constantinople, patriarch in 1652 and 1654
Cyril IV of Constantinople, patriarch 1711–1713
Cyril V Zaim, Melkite patriarch of Antioch died 1720
Cyril VI Tanas, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1724–1760
Patriarch Cyril V of Constantinople, patriarch in 1748–1751, 1752–1757
Cyril VII Siaj, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1794–1796
Patriarch Cyril VI of Constantinople, patriarch in 1813–1818
Cyril, Metropolitan of Belgrade, Metropolitan of Belgrade during 1825–1827
Patriarch Cyril II of Jerusalem, reigned 1845–1875
Patriarch Cyril VII of Constantinople, patriarch in 1855–1860
Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria, reigned 1854–1861
Pope Cyril V of Alexandria, reigned 1874–1921
Cyril VIII Jaha, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1902–1916
Cyril IX Moghabghab, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1925–1946
Patriarch Cyril of Bulgaria, reigned 1953–1971
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, reigned 1959–1971

Other individuals

Cyrillus, 5th-century Greek jurist
Cyril Abiteboul (born 1977), French motor racing engineer and manager, formerly the managing director of Renault Sport F1 Team
Cyril Almeida, Pakistani journalist
Cyril Eugene Attygalle, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician
Cyril Benson, founder of British company Bensons for Beds
Cyril Bourlon de Rouvre (born 1945), French businessman and politician
Sir Cyril Burt (1883–1971), psychologist
Cyril Connolly (1903–1974), English literary critic and writer
Cyril Delevanti (1889–1975), British actor
Cyril Despres (born 1974), French motorcycle rider
Cyril De Zoysa (1896–1978), Sri Lankan businessman and Buddhist revivalist
Cyril Dissanayaka, Sri Lankan Sinhala senior police officer
Cyril Dodd (1844–1913), British politician
Cyril Domoraud (born 1971), Ivorian football player (senior career 1992–2008) who played for the Côte d'Ivoire national team (1995–2006)
Cyril Fernando (1895–1974), Sri Lankan Sinhala clinician and researcher
Cyril Fletcher (1913–2005), English comedian, actor and businessman
Ciryl Gane (born 1990), French mixed martial artist, former interim UFC heavyweight champion
Cyril Gautier (born 1987), French racing cyclist
Cyril Goulden (1897–1981), Welsh/Canadian geneticist, statistician, and agronomist
Cyril Grayson (born 1993), American football player
Cyril Haran (1931–2014), Gaelic footballer and manager, priest, scholar and schoolteacher
Cyril Stanley Harrison (1915–1998), English cricketer
Cyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff (born Toumanishvili) (1913–1997), Russian-born historian and genealogist who was a Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University
Cyril Herath (died 2011), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1985 to 1988
Cyril Jordan (born 1948), American guitarist and founder of the Flamin' Groovies
Cyril Knowles (1944–1991), English footballer
C. M. Kornbluth (1923–1958), American science fiction author
Cyril Lawrence (1920–2020), English footballer
Cyril Lewis (1909–1999), Welsh footballer
Sister M. Cyril Mooney (1936–2023), educational innovator in India
Cyril Nicholas (1898–1961), Sri Lankan Burgher army captain, civil servant, and forester
Elder Cyril Pavlov (1919–2017), Russian Orthodox Christian monk, mystic and wonder-worker
Cyril Pearl (1904–1987), Australian journalist
Cyril Perkins (1911–2013), English cricketer
Cyril C. Perera (1923–2016), Sri Lankan Sinhala author, translator of world literature into Sinhala
Cyril E. S. Perera (1892–1968), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Ceylon House of Representatives
Cyril Pinto Jayatilake Seneviratne (1918–1984), Sri Lankan Sinhala military officer and politician
Cyril Ponnamperuma (1923–1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala scientist in the fields of chemical evolution and the origin of life
Cyril Ramaphosa (born 1952), South African president, businessman, and trade unionist
Cyril Ranatunga, Sri Lankan Sinhala army general
Cyril Richardson (born 1990), American football player
Cyril Riley, known mononymously as Cyril, an Australian musician, best known for his version of "Stumblin' In"
Cyril Rioli (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
Cyril Smith (1928–2010), English Liberal politician
Cyril Symes (born 1943), Canadian politician
Cyril Takayama (born 1973), American-Japanese magician
Cyril Wickramage (born 1932), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor, director, and vocalist

Fictional characters

Cyril "Blakey" Blake, the bus depot inspector from the 1970s British comedy TV series On the Buses
Cyril Fielding, character in E. M. Forster's novel A Passage to India
Cyril Figgis, character in the TV series Archer
Cyril Gray, character from the film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, played by Eros Vlahos
Cyril Kinnear, the menacing and urbane mastermind from the 1971 British crime film Get Carter
Cyril Orchard, the murder victim in the 1948 Nero Wolfe mystery And Be a Villain
Cyril Playfair, the reverend from the 1952 film The Quiet Man
Cyril Proudbottom, Mr. Toad's horse from the 1949 film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Cyril O'Reily, character from television series Oz
Cyril Sneer, the villain aardvark of the 1980s cartoon series The Raccoons
Cyril Woodcock, from the film Phantom Thread, played by Lesley Manville
Cyril the Fogman, a character from the television series Thomas & Friends
Cyril, a character from Doctor Who
Cyril, a character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Cyril the Ice Dragon, from The Legend of Spyro
Cyril the Squirrel, from Maisy
Cyril, the main character in The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Cyril, a giant squirrel kaiju from Rampage: Total Destruction
Cyril Bassington-Bassington, from "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril"