Cyril

Cyril and Cyril is a Greek male first name.

Origin and Meaning

Κύριλλος Greek Kyrillos, the Magnificent '

Variants

  • German Kyril ( l), Cyril ( l) - this also internationally widespread spellings
  • French Cyrille, Cyril
  • Greek Kyrillos, Kirellos
  • Latin Cyrillus
  • Bulgarian Кирил ( Kiril )
  • Russian Кирилл ( Kirill, Cyryll )
  • Ukrainian Кирило ( Kyrylo )
  • Serbian Cyrillic Ћирило ( Kirilo )
  • Ćiril
  • Cirillo

Dissemination

Due to the patron, the St. Cyril of Thessalonica, the Missionierer (see Cyril and Methodius ) and alphabet Stifter ( Cyrillic alphabet), especially in the Orthodox area, but also in other European countries spread.

Well-known bearers of the name

Einnamig (all variants)

All variants in various romanization, by birth (or death ) date:

  • Cyril I. ( Antioch ) ( † 299 ), Bishop of Antioch
  • Cyril of Gortyna († 3rd century ), Bishop of Gortyna
  • Cyril of Trier, since the beginning of the second half of the 5th century bishop of Trier
  • Cyril of Scythopolis (~ 524 - ~ 558 ), hagiographer
  • Cyril of Thessaloniki (also Constantine - Cyril, † 869 ), Apostles of the Slavs, namesake and supposed inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet
  • Cyril of Turau (White Russian Кірыла Тураўскі, Kiryla Turauski; ~ 1130 - ~ 1182 ), bishop of the Orthodox Church
  • Cyril of Constantinople Opel (1138-1234), Carmelite monk
  • Kyrillos Loukaris (1572-1638), Greek theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople as Cyril I. Opel
  • Kirellos IV of Alexandria (1816-1861), Patriarch of Alexandria and Patriarch of the chair of St. Mark ( Coptic Church )
  • Kirellos V. (* 1824 or 1830/1831, † 1927), Patriarch of Alexandria and Patriarch of the chair of St. Mark ( Coptic Church )
  • Cyril of Bulgaria (1895-1945), Bulgarian Prince Regent
  • Kirellos VI. (Birth name: Azar Youssef Atta; 1902-1971 ), Patriarch of Alexandria and Patriarch of the chair of St. Mark ( Coptic Church )
  • Kirill I (* 1946), Patriarch of Moscow and head of the Russian Orthodox Church
  • Kiril ( Metropolitan ) ( civil Bogomil Petrov Kowatschew; 1954-2013 ), Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav

Cyril, first name ( transcription)

  • Cyril Saxe-Coburg Gotha ( b. 1964 ), Bulgarian Economic Advisor
  • Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov (1876-1938), head of the Romanovs, "Tsar" in exile

Cyril, first name

  • Cyril Bartoňs - Dobenín (1863-1953) Czech textile industrialist and patron
  • Cyril Bessy (* 1986), a French road racing cyclist
  • Cyril Burt (1883-1971), British psychologist
  • Cyril Champange ( b. 1975 ), French ski mountaineer
  • Cyril Collard (1957-1993), French screenwriter, director, actor, writer and musician
  • Cyril Cusack (1910-1993), born in South Africa, Irish actor
  • Cyril Davies (1932-1964), British blues musicians
  • Cyril Despres ( born 1974 ), French Enduro racers
  • Cyril Dessel ( born 1974 ), French cyclist
  • Cyril Domb (1920-2012), British physicist
  • Cyril Domoraud (* 1971), Ivorian footballer
  • Cyril Dumoulin ( born 1984 ), a French handball goalkeeper
  • Cyril Frankel ( born 1921 ), British film and television director
  • Cyril Gautier (* 1987), French cyclist
  • Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897-1967), British chemist
  • Cyril V. Jackson (1903-1988), South African astronomer
  • Cyril Knowles (1944-1991), British football player and coach
  • Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923-1958), American science fiction author
  • Cyril Lemoine ( b. 1983 ), French cyclist
  • Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil (1935-2007), Major Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram
  • Cyril Mango ( born 1928 ), British Byzantinist
  • Cyril Martin (1918-1983), English footballer
  • Cyril J. Mockridge (1896-1979), British- American film music composer
  • Cyril Musil (1907-1977), Czechoslovakian cross country skier
  • Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993), British historian, sociologist and publicist
  • Cyril Peacock (1928-1992), British track cyclist
  • Cyril Raffaelli ( born 1974 ), French traceur, martial artist, stuntman and actor
  • Cyril Ring (1892-1967), American actor
  • Cyril Rool ( b. 1975 ), French footballer
  • Cyril Rootham (1875-1938), British composer
  • Cyril Scott (1879-1970), British composer, pianist and writer
  • Cyril Suk (born 1967 ), Czech tennis player
  • Cyril Svoboda ( born 1956 ), Czech politician
  • Cyril Tuschi (* 1969), German film director
  • Cyril Vasiľ ( b. 1965 ), Slovak Curia, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Cyril pastures Borner (1895-1983), American professional ice hockey player

Cyril, first name

  • Cyril Berndt (* 1965), German actor and comedian
  • Cyril of Korvin - Krasinski (1905-1992), German theologian and religious scholar

Cyril, first name

  • Cyril Jarre (1878-1952), Franciscan archbishop in Tsinan

Fictional people

  • Cyril Sneer, a fictional character from the animated series " The Raccoons "
  • Cyril Judd, one of the authors Cyril M. Kornbluth Gemeinschaftspseudonym and Judith Merril
  • Kiril, name of the Pope in the novel The Shoes of the Fisherman. This novel has been filmed below. The role of Kiril Lakota was played by Anthony Quinn, who chose differently than all other popes his birth name as Pope names.

Nachbenennungen

  • Hurricane Kyrill, 2007 which caused severe damage in Europe
  • Moon crater Cyrillus
  • Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, numerous churches and chapels
  • Cyrillus ( company ), a French brand for textile and decorative items
  • Male first name
  • Slavic personal name
  • Greek personal name
Serbian language Cyril of Turaw Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria Pope Cyril V of Alexandria Prince Kiril of Bulgaria Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia Cyril Jackson (astronomer) C. Northcote Parkinson Cyril Weidenborner Cyrillus Jarre Cyrillus (crater)
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