Cyril

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Kyrill or Cyril is a Greek male given name .

Origin and meaning

ancient Greek Κύριλλος Kýrillos 'the lordly' (to κύριος kýrios 'lord, master').

variants

distribution

Through the patron, St. Cyrill of Saloniki , the missionary (see Cyril and Method ) and alphabet donor ( Cyrillic alphabet ), mainly in the Orthodox area, but also in other European countries.

Well-known namesake

Clergy and rulers (all variants)

All variants in various transcriptions, according to date of birth (or death):

  • Kyrillos I (Antioch) († 299), Bishop of Antioch
  • Cyril of Gortyna († 3rd century), Bishop of Gortyna
  • Cyril of Jerusalem (313–386), Church Father of Orthodoxy and Doctor of the Church
  • Cyril of Alexandria († 444), Patriarch of Alexandria, saint, Church Father and Doctor of the Church
  • Cyrillus of Trier , Bishop of Trier since the beginning of the second half of the 5th century
  • Cyril of Scythopolis (~ 524– ~ 558), hagiograph
  • Kyrill von Saloniki (also Konstantin-Kyrill ; † 869), Slav apostle, namesake and supposed inventor of the Cyrillic alphabet
  • Kyrill I (Kiev) , probably Metropolitan of Kiev (1050)
  • Kyrill von Turau (Belarusian Кіры́ла Ту́раўскі, Kiryla Turauski ; ~ 1130– ~ 1182), bishop of the Orthodox Church
  • Cyril of Constantinople (1138–1234), Carmelite
  • Kyrill Terlecki (around 1540–1607), Orthodox and Uniate bishop in Poland-Lithuania, co-initiator of the Union of Brest
  • Kyrillos Loukaris (1572–1638), Greek theologian and as Kyrillos I Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Kirellos IV of Alexandria (1816–1861), Patriarch of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (Coptic Church)
  • Kirellos V (1831–1927), Patriarch of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (Coptic Church)
  • Cyril of Bulgaria (1895–1945), Bulgarian Prince Regent
  • Kirello VI (Birth name: Azar Yussef Atta; 1902–1971), Patriarch of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (Coptic Church)
  • Cyril of Pittsburgh ( Ilia Manchov Yonchev ; 1920–2007), Bulgarian Archbishop
  • Kyrill I (* 1946), Patriarch of Moscow and head of the Russian Orthodox Church
  • Kiril (Patriarch) (real name Konstantin Markow Konstantinow , 1901–1971), Metropolitan of Sofia and Plowdiv, Patriarch of Bulgaria
  • Kiril (Metropolitan) (bourgeois Bogomil Petrow Kowatschew ; 1954–2013), Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav

Kyrill, first name (transcription)

Cirilo, first name

Cyril, first name

Cyrill, first name

Cyrillo, first name

Cyrillus, first name

Fictional people

  • Cyril Sneer, a fictional character from the cartoon series " The Raccoons "
  • Cyril Judd , a community pseudonym of the authors Cyril M. Kornbluth and Judith Merril
  • Kiril, name of the Pope in the novel In the Fisherman's Shoes . This novel was subsequently made into a film. The role of Kiril Lakota was played by Anthony Quinn .

Renaming