The male name Kiril (or Кирил or Кирилл) is a common first name in the Orthodox Slavic world, in particular in
Bulgaria,
North Macedonia, and
Russia. It is also well known in Greece but in different forms like Kyriakos. (Note that in modern Russian the spelling Кирил is considered to be a mistake, the correct spelling is Кирилл.)
Kiril has several variant forms:
Cyril, Cyrill, Kirill, Kirillos, Kiryl (
Belarusian
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* Byelor ...
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Kyril
The given name Kyril or Kyrill is male name, deriving from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kýrillos) which in turn derives from Greek κύριος (kýrios) " lord". There are many variant forms of the name: Cyril, Cyrill, Cy, Kiril, Kiril ...
, Cyryl (
Polish), Kyrill, Kyrylo (
Ukrainian) and a diminutive Kiro (common in the
Balkan Sprachbund).
Saint 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 ...
was a 4th-century bishop and a
Doctor of the Church
Doctor of the Church (Latin: ''doctor'' "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: ''Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis''), is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribu ...
.
Saint 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 ...
was a 5th-century
theologian. Another
Saint Cyril, known as Kiril, was a 9th-century
translator and a
Byzantine missionary to the Slavs. He, together with his brother Methodius, created an
alphabet called the
Glagolitic alphabet to serve the needs of the Slavic world, translating the Bible into the Church Slavic language. Later, their students created a simpler and graphically usable script, which is named after Cyril as the
Cyrillic alphabet and is still used by millions of people.
People with the name
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Kiril Džajkovski
Kiril Džajkovski (Djaikovski), ( mk, Кирил Џајковски ) – often credited as simply Kiril – is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.
Biography
In the early 1980s together with Milčo M ...
, Macedonian musician
*Kiril Juha Kainulainen, Finnish photographer
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Kirill Pokrovsky
Kirill Vladimirovich Pokrovsky (Kирилл Владимирович Покровский; 25 March 19621 June 2015) was a Russian composer and musician.
Kirill Pokrovsky learned to play and compose music from a young age, before receiving clas ...
, Russian/Belgian Composer
*Kiryl Tarasenka, Belarusian Aeronautical Engineer
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Kiril Petkov, Bulgarian politician
See also
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Kirill
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Kyril
The given name Kyril or Kyrill is male name, deriving from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kýrillos) which in turn derives from Greek κύριος (kýrios) " lord". There are many variant forms of the name: Cyril, Cyrill, Cy, Kiril, Kiril ...
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Cyril
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