Cyril (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine

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name Κύριλλος (''Kýrillos''), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek κυριος (''

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'. There are various variant forms of the name ''Cyril'' such as ''Cyrill'', ''Cyrille'', ''Ciril'', ''Kirill'', ''Kiryl'', ''Kirillos'', ''Kuriakose'', '' Kyrylo'', ''Kiril'', ''Kiro'', and ''Kyrill''. It may also refer to:

Christian patriarchs or bishops

Cyril of Jerusalem Cyril of Jerusalem ( el, Κύριλλος Α΄ Ἱεροσολύμων, ''Kýrillos A Ierosolýmon''; la, Cyrillus Hierosolymitanus; 313 386 AD) was a theologian of the early Church. About the end of 350 AD he succeeded Maximus as Bishop of ...

(c. 313 – 386), theologian and bishop *

Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Alexandria ( grc, Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας; cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲁ̅ also ⲡⲓ̀ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲕⲓⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ; 376 – 444) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444 ...

(c. 376 – 444), Patriarch of Alexandria *

Cyril the Philosopher Cyril (born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius (815–885) were two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs". They are credited wit ...

(link to ''Saints Cyril and Methodius''), 9th century Greek missionary, co-invented the Slavic alphabet, translated the Bible into Old Church Slavonic *

Pope Cyril II of Alexandria Pope Cyril II of Alexandria, 67th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. Patriarch Cyril attempted to ordain a properly consecrated bishop to be the new '' Abuna'' of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but Badr al-Jamali, the Vi ...

reigned 1078–1092 * Greek

Patriarch Cyril II of Alexandria Cyril II served as Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria in the 12th century (exact dates are unknown). References * 12th-century Patriarchs of Alexandria 12th-century Christian saints Melkites in the Fatimid Caliphate {{Eas ...

reigned in the 12th century *

Cyril of Turaw Cyril of Turov, alternately Kirill of Turov (Church Slavonic Кѷриллъ Туровськiй, be, Кірыла Тураўскі, russian: Кирилл Туровский; 1130–1182) was a bishop and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. H ...

(1130–1182), Belorussian bishop and orthodox saint *

Pope Cyril III of Alexandria Cyril III, known as Cyril ibn Laqlaq (كيرلس الثالث ابن لقلق), was the 75th Coptic Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. His episcopate lasted seven years, eight months, and 23 days from Sunday 17 June 1235 AD (23 Paoni 951 A.M.) t ...

reigned 1235–1243 *

Cyril, Metropolitan of Moscow Cyril IV () (died 8 February 1572) was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1568 to 1572. He was the fourteenth Metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm ...

died 1572 *

Cyril Lucaris Cyril Lucaris or Loukaris ( el, Κύριλλος Λούκαρις, 13 November 1572 – 27 June 1638), born Constantine Lucaris, was a Greek prelate and theologian, and a native of Candia, Crete (then under the Republic of Venice). He later bec ...

(Patriarch Cyril I of Constantinople), reigned for six terms between 1612 and 1638 *

Cyril II of Constantinople Cyril II (died June 1640) was three-time Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1633, 1635–1636, 1638–1639). He was from Veroia, coming to Constantinople in 1618. Cyril Lucaris' popularity among high clergy made leadership more difficult fo ...

, patriarch in 1633, 1635–1636, 1638–1639 *

Patriarch Cyril III of Constantinople Cyril III ( el, Κύριλλος Γ΄), surnamed Spanos (Σπανός), (? – after 1654), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two short terms in 1652 and 1654. He hailed from Xanthi and also served as bishop of Corinth (1655–75), ...

, patriarch in 1652 and 1654 *

Cyril IV of Constantinople Cyril IV (Greek: Κύριλλος Δ΄), (? – 1728) was Ecumenical Patriarch 1711–1713. He was also metropolitan bishop of Cyzicus. He was elected patriarch in 1709, but took office only after Athanasius V of Constantinople was deposed. He ...

, patriarch 1711–1713 *

Cyril V Zaim Patriarch Constantine Cyril V Zaim (about 1655–1720), sometimes known also as Cyril III, was Patriarch of Antioch. Life Constantine Zaim was born in about 1655 in Aleppo and he was the nephew of Patriarch Macarios III Zaim, who died in 1672. Im ...

, Melkite patriarch of Antioch died 1720 *

Cyril VI Tanas Patriarch Cyril VI Tanas, also known as Cyril VI of Antioch (born in 1680, Damascus – died on January 10, 1760), became the first Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church followi ...

, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1724–1760 *

Patriarch Cyril V of Constantinople Cyril V Karakallos ( el, ), (? – 27 July 1775) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods from 1748 to 1751 and from 1752 to 1757. A controversial figure, often blamed for his ideas about the baptism, in 1755 he issued the ''O ...

, patriarch in 1748–1751, 1752–1757 * Cyril VII Siaj, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1794–1796 *

Patriarch Cyril VI of Constantinople The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certai ...

, patriarch in 1813–1818 *

Patriarch Cyril II of Jerusalem Cyril II of Jerusalem (original name Konstantinos Kritikos, 1792 – August 18, 1877) was a 19th-century patriarch of Jerusalem. Cyril was born in 1792 in the island of Samos. In 1816 he was ordained a deacon, then a presbyter, was abbot of the ...

, reigned 1845–1875 * Patriarch Cyril VII of Constantinople, patriarch in 1855–1860 *

Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria (Abba Kyrillos IV), Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲇ̅ 110th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He was born David (Daoud) in 1816. Despite his relatively short papacy ...

reigned 1854–1861 *

Pope Cyril V of Alexandria Pope Cyril V of Alexandria (Abba Kyrillos V), 112th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for 52 years, 9 months and 6 days. He was the longest-serving Pope in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church. He was born as Youhann ...

reigned 1874–1921 *

Cyril VIII Jaha Cyril VIII Geha (or ''Jeha''), (November 26, 1840 – January 11, 1916) was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1902 until 1916. He was the last Melkite Catholic patriarch of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman era. Life Geha was bo ...

, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1902–1916 *

Cyril IX Moghabghab Cyril IX Moghabghab (October 29, 1855 in Ain Zhalta, Ottoman Syria – September 8, 1947 in Alexandria, Egypt) served as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1925 to 1947 ...

, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1925–1946 * Patriarch Cyril of Bulgaria, reigned 1953–1971 * Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, reigned 1959–1971

Other individuals

Cyrillus Cyrillus, Greek jurist of the 5th century, was a professor in the ancient Law School of Berytus (present-day Beirut), and one of the founders of the oecumenical school of jurists (τῆς οἰκουμένης διδάσκαλοι). This school p ...

, 5th century Greek jurist *

Cyril Abiteboul Cyril François Roger Abiteboul (born 14 October 1977) is a French motor racing engineer and manager. From 2013 to 2014 he was the team principal of Caterham Formula One team, and was the managing director of the Renault F1 Team from 2014 to 2020 ...

(born 1977), French motor racing engineer and manager, formerly the Managing Director of Renault Sport F1 Team *

Cyril Almeida Cyril Almeida(Urdu: سائیرل المیڈا) is a Pakistani journalist who served as the assistant editor and columnist for ''Dawn''. Born and raised in Karachi, Almeida received his B.A from LUMS and studied jurisprudence as a Rhodes Schola ...

, 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 Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt, FBA (3 March 1883 – 10 October 1971) was an English educational psychologist and geneticist who also made contributions to statistics. He is known for his studies on the heritability of IQ. Shortly after he died, his s ...

(1883–1971), psychologist *

Cyril Connolly Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine ''Horizon'' (1940–49) and wrote '' Enemies of Promise'' (1938), which combin ...

(1903–1974), English literary critic and writer *

Cyril Delevanti Harry Cyril Delevanti (23 February 1889 – 13 December 1975) was an English character actor with a long career in American films. He was sometimes credited as Syril Delevanti. Early years Delevanti was born in London to the Anglo-Italian mus ...

(1889–1975), British actor *

Cyril Despres Cyril Despres (born 24 January 1974) is a French rally racer and resident of Andorra. He won the Dakar Rally five times, in 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2013, riding a KTM motorcycle. He also won the Red Bull Romaniacs, one of the toughest hard e ...

(born 1974), French motorcycle rider *

Cyril De Zoysa Sir Cyril de Zoysa ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රිමත් සිරිල් ද සොයිසා) (26 October 1896 – 2 January 1978) was a Sri Lankan industrialist, Senator and a philanthropist. The President of the Senate of Ceylon from 1 ...

(1896–1978), Sri Lankan businessman and Buddhist revivalist * Cyril Dissanayaka, Sri Lankan Sinhala senior police officer *

Cyril Dodd Cyril Joseph Settle Dodd (1844 - 29 January 1913) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Maldon in Essex in the 25th Parliament between 1892 and 1895. Dodd was first elected at the 1892 general election. ...

(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 Cyril Fletcher (25 June 1913 – 2 January 2005) was an English comedian, actor and businessman. His catchphrase was 'Pin back your lugholes'. He was best known for his "Odd Odes", which later formed a section of the television show ''That' ...

(1913–2005), English comedian, actor and businessman *

Cyril Gautier Cyril Gautier (born 26 September 1987) is a French road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2022. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. In August 2015, L'Équipe reported Gautier had signed for for ...

(born 1987), French racing cyclist *

Cyril Goulden Cyril Harold Goulden (2 June 1897, in Bridgend, Wales – 4 February 1981, in Ottawa) was an eminent Welsh/Canadian geneticist, statistician and agronomist who studied under Karl Pearson. Son of a homesteader, Goulden took the course for farme ...

(1897–1981), Welsh/Canadian geneticist, statistician, and agronomist *

Cyril Grayson Cyril Ross Grayson Jr. (born December 5, 1993) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He did not play college football, but was an All-American track sprinter at LSU. Early and personal life Grayson has three sisters and tw ...

(born 1993), American football player *

Cyril Haran Cyril Haran (7 February 1931 – 25 June 2014) was a Gaelic footballer and manager, priest, scholar and schoolteacher. He managed the Sligo county team. Biography Cyril Haran was born in February 1931. He had three sisters: Grace Liddy (who pr ...

(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 Deshamanya L. D. Cyril Herath was a Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence. Education He was educated at St. John's College, Nugegoda and at the Royal College, Colombo and graduated from the ...

(died 2011), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1985 to 1988 *

Cyril Jordan Cyril Jordan (born August 31, 1948 in San Francisco) is a guitarist and founding member of San Francisco cult band the Flamin' Groovies. Jordan founded the band in 1965, playing with them until they initially disbanded in 1992. His song "Shake S ...

(born 1948), American guitarist and founder of the

Flamin' Groovies Flamin' Groovies is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965, originally co-led by Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan. After the Groovies released three albums, on Epic ('' Supersnazz'') and Kama Sutra (''Flamingo'' and '' Teenage Head' ...

Cyril Knowles Cyril Barry Knowles (13 July 1944 – 30 August 1991) was a footballer who played left-back for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He was the son of the rugby league footballer; Cyril Knowles, and the older brother of fellow professional footballe ...

(1944–1991), English footballer *

Cyril Lawrence Cyril Lawrence (12 June 1920 – 14 April 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He played in the English football league for Blackpool, Rochdale and Wrexham. During World War II, Lawrence enlisted in the Roya ...

(1920–2020), English footballer *

Cyril Lewis Arthur Cyril Lewis (10 April 1909 – 1999) was a Welsh professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Amer ...

(1909–1999), Welsh footballer * Sister M. Cyril Mooney (born 1936), educational innovator in India * Cyril Nicholas (1898–1961), Sri Lankan Burgher army captain, civil servant, and forester * Elder

Cyril Pavlov Archimandrite Cyril (russian: Архимандрит Кирилл, secular name Ivan Dmitrievich Pavlov, russian: Иван Дмитриевич Павлов; 8 September 1919 – 20 February 2017) was a Russian Orthodox Christian mystic, elder, w ...

(1919–2017), Russian Orthodox Christian monk, mystic and wonder-worker *

Cyril Perkins George Cyril Perkins (4 June 1911 – 21 November 2013) was an English cricketer. Perkins was a right-handed batsman who bowled both slow left-arm orthodox and left-arm medium pace. He was born in Wollaston, Northamptonshire. On 4 June 2011 he ...

(1911–2013), English cricketer * Cyril C. Perera (1923–2016), Sri Lankan Sinhala author, translator of world literature into Sinhala *

Cyril E. S. Perera Cyril E. S. Perera, Queen's Counsel, QC, (19 January 1892 – 27 March 1968) was a former member of the House of Representatives (Ceylon), and in later life a leading businessman. Biography Cyril Ernest Stanley Perera was born on 19 Januar ...

(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 Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician who is currently serving as the fifth democratically elected president of South Africa. Formerly an anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader, and ...

(born 1952), South African president, businessman, and trade unionist *

Cyril Ranatunga General S. Cyril Ranatunga, VSV (19 February 1930 – 16 June 2021) was a Sri Lanka Army officer. He served as Secretary of Defence, General Officer Commanding, Joint Operations Command and Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army during the 1980s ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhala army general * Cyril Richardson (born 1990), American football player *

Cyril Rioli Cyril Rioli (born 14 July 1989) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Rioli was a member of four premiership teams and the Norm Smith Medallist from the 2015 ...

(born 1989), Australian rules footballer *

Cyril Smith Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a prominent British politician who after his death was revealed to have been a prolific serial sex offender against children. A member of the Liberal Party, he was Member of ...

(1928–2010), English Liberal politician *

Cyril Takayama Cyril Takayama (born September 27, 1974) is an American magician of French, Moroccan and Japanese descent who is perhaps best known for his magic performances around Japan. Early life Cyril Takayama was born and raised in Hollywood, Californi ...

, (born 1973), American-Japanese magician *

Cyril Wickramage Cyril Wickramage (born 26 January 1932: Sinhala:සිරිල් වික්‍රමගේ) is an actor and director in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television as well as a singer. Wickramage is known for participating mainly in artistic ...

(born 1932), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor, director, and vocalist *

Cyril Sogoni 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 varia ...

(born 1997),Kenyan Photographer, Videographer,and Nutritionist

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'' *

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, character in the TV series ''Archer'' * Cyril Gray, character from the film ''

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang ''Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang'' (released in the United States and Canada as ''Nanny McPhee Returns'') is a 2010 period fantasy comedy film directed by Susanna White, produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lindsay Doran with music by James New ...

'', played by Eros Vlahos * Cyril Kinnear, the menacing and urbane mastermind from the 1971 British crime film ''

Get Carter ''Get Carter'' is a 1971 British crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detecti ...

'' * Cyril Playfair, the reverend from the 1952 film ''

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'' * Cyril Proudbottom, Mr. Toad's horse from the 1949 film '' The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' *

Cyril O'Reily Cyril O'Reily is a fictional character, played by American actor Scott William Winters, on the HBO drama '' Oz''. He is also mentioned in the companion book ''Oz: Behind These Walls: The Journal of Augustus Hill''. Character overview "Prisoner ...

, character from television series ''Oz'' *

Cyril Sneer ''The Raccoons'' is a Canadian animated television series that ran on CBC from November 11, 1985 to March 19, 1991 in Canada and on Disney Channel from July 4, 1985 to August 28, 1992 in the U.S., with three preceding television specials from ...

, the villain aardvark of the 1980s cartoon series ''The Raccoons'' * Cyril Woodcock, from the film ''

Phantom Thread ''Phantom Thread'' is a 2017 American historical drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville. Set in 1950s London, it stars Day-Lewis as an haute couture dressmaker w ...

'', played by Lesley Manville * Cyril the Fogman, a character from the television series ''Thomas & Friends'' * Cyril, a character from ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'' * Cyril, a character from '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' * Cyril the Ice Dragon, from ''

The Legend of Spyro ''The Legend of Spyro'' is a game trilogy that is part of the ''Spyro'' series. It acts as a reboot to the original series. The games use a combination of close-combat and platforming gameplay, though more oriented on combat than previous games in ...

'' * Cyril the Squirrel, from '' Maisy'' *Cyril, the main character in ''

The Heart's Invisible Furies ''The Heart's Invisible Furies'' is a social novel by Irish novelist John Boyne John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist. He is the author of eleven novels for adults and six novels for younger readers. His novels are publish ...

'' by

John Boyne John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist. He is the author of eleven novels for adults and six novels for younger readers. His novels are published in over 50 languages. His 2006 novel '' The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' was adapt ...

*Cyril, a giant squirrel

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Christian patriarchs or bishops

Other individuals

Fictional characters

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