# Cyril (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cyril/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “lord”, “master” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɪɹəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Cy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,131 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,034 / 97 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 201, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Via Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord, master”).

## What it means

Cyril is grouped under god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 10 | 2,876 |
| 1917 | 6 | 4,204 |
| 1918 | 8 | 3,574 |
| 1919 | 7 | 3,917 |
| 1920 | 5 | 5,144 |
| 1922 | 5 | 5,181 |
| 1924 | 7 | 4,088 |
| 1925 | 7 | 4,108 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,990 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,695 |
| 1937 | 5 | 4,382 |
| 1944 | 5 | 4,697 |
| 1946 | 5 | 5,098 |
| 1974 | 5 | 9,050 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12,222 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 2,863 |
| 2012 | 42 | 2,827 |
| 2013 | 44 | 2,677 |
| 2014 | 45 | 2,673 |
| 2015 | 42 | 2,819 |
| 2016 | 42 | 2,842 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,794 |
| 2018 | 61 | 2,240 |
| 2019 | 41 | 2,954 |
| 2020 | 41 | 2,892 |
| 2021 | 50 | 2,594 |
| 2022 | 44 | 2,882 |
| 2023 | 36 | 3,306 |
| 2024 | 41 | 3,005 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,143 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: كِيرُلُس, كِيرِيل, سِيرِيل
- Armenian: Կյուրեղ
- Bulgarian: Ки́рил
- Chinese: 西里爾, 基里爾, 濟利祿 /济利禄
- Czech: Cyril
- Dutch: Cyriel
- French: Cyrille, Cyril
- Georgian: კირილე
- Greek: Κύριλλος
- Hungarian: Cirill
- Italian: Cirillo
- Japanese: キリル, シリル
- Korean: 키릴, 시릴
- Latvian: Kirils
- Lithuanian: Kirilas
- Polish: Cyryl
- Portuguese: Cirilo
- Romanian: Chiril
- Russian: Кири́лл, Си́рил
- Slovak: Cyril

## People named Cyril

- Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English physical chemist (1897-1967)
- Cyril M. Kornbluth, American science fiction author (1923-1958)
- Cyril Connolly, British author (1903–1974)
- Cyril V. Jackson, astronomer (1903-1988)
- Cyril Collard, French author, filmmaker, composer, musician and actor (1957–1993)
- Cyril Abiteboul, French motor racing engineer and manager
- Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (1879–1970)
- Cyril Suk, Czech tennis player and official (born 1967)
- Cyril Théréau, French association footballer
- Cyril Raffaelli, French martial artist
- Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, British Viscount (1899-1977)
- Cyril Montana, French writer and journalist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.