# Cyril

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{{Infobox given name
| name = Cyril
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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|ɹ|əl}}
| gender = [Male](/source/Male)
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| origin = [Greek](/source/Greek_language)
| related names = [Cirillo](/source/Cirillo), [Cyrille](/source/Cyrille), [Cyryl](/source/Cyryl), [Cyrillus](/source/Cyrillus), [Kiril](/source/Kiril), [Kirill](/source/Kirill), [Kyrillos](/source/Kyrillos), [Kiryl](/source/Kiryl), [Kyrylo](/source/Kyrylo), [Kiro](/source/Kiro_(name)), [Kyril](/source/Kyril), Quirrel
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'''Cyril''' (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine [given name](/source/given_name). It is derived from the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) name {{Lang|el|Κύριλλος}} (''Kýrillos''), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek {{Lang|grc|κυριος}} (''[kýrios](/source/k%C3%BDrios)'') '[lord](/source/lord)'. There are various variant forms of the name ''Cyril'' such as ''Cyrill'', ''Cyrille'', ''Ciril'', ''[Kirill](/source/Kirill)'', ''Kiryl'', ''Kirillos'', ''[Kyrylo](/source/Kyrylo)'', ''Kiril'', ''Kiro'', ''Kyril'', ''Kyrill'' and ''Quirrel''.

It may also refer to:

==Christian patriarchs or bishops==
* [Cyril of Jerusalem](/source/Cyril_of_Jerusalem) ({{circa|313}}{{snd}}386), theologian and bishop
* [Cyril of Alexandria](/source/Cyril_of_Alexandria) ({{circa|376}}{{snd}}444), Patriarch of Alexandria
* [Cyril the Philosopher](/source/Cyril_the_Philosopher) (826–869), co-invented the Slavic alphabet (Glagolitic) and translated the Bible into Old Church Slavonic; namesake of the Cyrillic alphabet
* [Pope Cyril II of Alexandria](/source/Pope_Cyril_II_of_Alexandria), reigned 1078–1092
* Greek [Patriarch Cyril II of Alexandria](/source/Patriarch_Cyril_II_of_Alexandria), reigned in the 12th century
* [Cyril of Turaw](/source/Cyril_of_Turaw) (1130–1182), Belarusian bishop and orthodox saint
* [Pope Cyril III of Alexandria](/source/Pope_Cyril_III_of_Alexandria), reigned 1235–1243
* [Cyril I of Serbia](/source/Cyril_I_of_Serbia), reigned 1407–1419
* [Cyril, Metropolitan of Moscow](/source/Cyril%2C_Metropolitan_of_Moscow) (died 1572), Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1568 to 1572
* [Cyril Lucaris](/source/Cyril_Lucaris) (Patriarch Cyril I of Constantinople), reigned for six terms between 1612 and 1638
* [Cyril II of Constantinople](/source/Cyril_II_of_Constantinople), patriarch in 1633, 1635–1636, 1638–1639
* [Patriarch Cyril III of Constantinople](/source/Patriarch_Cyril_III_of_Constantinople), patriarch in 1652 and 1654
* [Cyril IV of Constantinople](/source/Cyril_IV_of_Constantinople), patriarch 1711–1713
* [Cyril V Zaim](/source/Cyril_V_Zaim), Melkite patriarch of Antioch died 1720
* [Cyril VI Tanas](/source/Cyril_VI_Tanas), Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1724–1760
* [Patriarch Cyril V of Constantinople](/source/Patriarch_Cyril_V_of_Constantinople), patriarch in 1748–1751, 1752–1757
* [Cyril II of Serbia](/source/Cyril_II_of_Serbia), reigned 1759–1763
* [Cyril VII Siaj](/source/Cyril_VII_Siaj), Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1794–1796
* [Patriarch Cyril VI of Constantinople](/source/Cyril_VI_of_Constantinople), patriarch in 1813–1818
* [Cyril, Metropolitan of Belgrade](/source/Cyril%2C_Metropolitan_of_Belgrade), Metropolitan of Belgrade during 1825–1827
* [Patriarch Cyril II of Jerusalem](/source/Patriarch_Cyril_II_of_Jerusalem), reigned 1845–1875
* [Patriarch Cyril VII of Constantinople](/source/Patriarch_Cyril_VII_of_Constantinople), patriarch in 1855–1860
* [Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria](/source/Pope_Cyril_IV_of_Alexandria), reigned 1854–1861
* [Pope Cyril V of Alexandria](/source/Pope_Cyril_V_of_Alexandria), reigned 1874–1921
* [Cyril VIII Jaha](/source/Cyril_VIII_Jaha), Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1902–1916
* [Cyril IX Moghabghab](/source/Cyril_IX_Moghabghab), Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1925–1946
* Patriarch [Cyril of Bulgaria](/source/Cyril_of_Bulgaria), reigned 1953–1971
* [Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria](/source/Pope_Cyril_VI_of_Alexandria), reigned 1959–1971
* [Patriarch Cyril I of Moscow](/source/Patriarch_Cyril_I_of_Moscow), reigning from 2009

==Other individuals==
* [Cyrillus](/source/Cyrillus), 5th-century Greek jurist
* [Cyril Abiteboul](/source/Cyril_Abiteboul) (born 1977), French motor racing engineer and manager, formerly the managing director of Renault Sport F1 Team
* [Cyril Almeida](/source/Cyril_Almeida), Pakistani journalist
* [Cyril Eugene Attygalle](/source/C._E._Attygalle), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician
* Cyril Benson, founder of British company [Bensons for Beds](/source/Bensons_for_Beds)
* [Cyril Bourlon de Rouvre](/source/Cyril_Bourlon_de_Rouvre) (born 1945), French businessman and politician
* Sir [Cyril Burt](/source/Cyril_Burt) (1883–1971), psychologist
* [Cyril Connolly](/source/Cyril_Connolly) (1903–1974), English literary critic and writer
* [Cyril Delevanti](/source/Cyril_Delevanti) (1889–1975), British actor
* [Cyril Despres](/source/Cyril_Despres) (born 1974), French motorcycle rider
* [Cyril De Zoysa](/source/Cyril_De_Zoysa) (1896–1978), Sri Lankan businessman and Buddhist revivalist
* [Cyril Dissanayaka](/source/Cyril_Dissanayake), Sri Lankan Sinhala senior police officer
* [Cyril Dodd](/source/Cyril_Dodd) (1844–1913), British politician
* [Cyril Domoraud](/source/Cyril_Domoraud) (born 1971), Ivorian football player
* [Cyril Dunne](/source/Cyril_Dunne) (1941–2024), Irish Gaelic footballer
* [Cyril Fernando](/source/Cyril_Fernando) (1895–1974), Sri Lankan Sinhala clinician and researcher
* [Cyril Fletcher](/source/Cyril_Fletcher) (1913–2005), English comedian, actor and businessman
* [Ciryl Gane](/source/Ciryl_Gane) (born 1990), French mixed martial artist, former interim UFC heavyweight champion
* [Cyril Gautier](/source/Cyril_Gautier) (born 1987), French racing cyclist
* [Cyril Goulden](/source/Cyril_Goulden) (1897–1981), Welsh/Canadian geneticist, statistician, and agronomist
* [Cyril Grayson](/source/Cyril_Grayson) (born 1993), American football player
* [Cyril Haran](/source/Cyril_Haran) (1931–2014), Gaelic footballer and manager, priest, scholar and schoolteacher
* [Cyril Stanley Harrison](/source/Cyril_Harrison_(cricketer)) (1915–1998), English cricketer
* [Cyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff (born Toumanishvili)](/source/Cyril_Toumanoff) (1913–1997), Russian-born historian and genealogist who was a professor emeritus at Georgetown University
* [Cyril Herath](/source/Cyril_Herath) (died 2011), [Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police](/source/Inspector_General_of_Police_(Sri_Lanka)) from 1985 to 1988
* [Cyril Höschl](/source/Cyril_H%C3%B6schl) (1949–2025), Czech psychiatrist and academic
* [Cyril Jordan](/source/Cyril_Jordan) (born 1948), American guitarist and founder of the [Flamin' Groovies](/source/Flamin'_Groovies)
* [Cyril Karabus](/source/Cyril_Karabus) (born 1935), South African paediatric oncologist
* [Cyril Keeper](/source/Cyril_Keeper) (born 1943), Canadian politician
* [Cyril Knowles](/source/Cyril_Knowles) (1944–1991), English footballer
* [C. M. Kornbluth](/source/C._M._Kornbluth) (1923–1958), American science fiction author
* [Cyril Lawrence](/source/Cyril_Lawrence) (1920–2020), English footballer
* [Cyril Lewis](/source/Cyril_Lewis) (1909–1999), Welsh footballer
* [Sister M. Cyril Mooney](/source/S._M._Cyril) (1936–2023), educational innovator in India
* [Cyril Nicholas](/source/Cyril_Nicholas) (1898–1961), Sri Lankan Burgher army captain, civil servant, and forester
* [Cyril Ornadel](/source/Cyril_Ornadel) (1924–2011), British conductor and composer
* Elder [Cyril Pavlov](/source/Cyril_Pavlov) (1919–2017), Russian Orthodox Christian monk, mystic and wonder-worker
* [Cyril Pearl](/source/Cyril_Pearl) (1904–1987), Australian journalist
* [Cyril Perkins](/source/Cyril_Perkins) (1911–2013), English cricketer
* [Cyril C. Perera](/source/Cyril_C._Perera) (1923–2016), Sri Lankan Sinhala author, translator of world literature into Sinhala
* [Cyril E. S. Perera](/source/Cyril_E._S._Perera) (1892–1968), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the [Ceylon House of Representatives](/source/House_of_Representatives_(Ceylon))
* [Cyril Pinto Jayatilake Seneviratne](/source/C._P._J._Seneviratne) (1918–1984), Sri Lankan Sinhala military officer and politician
* [Cyril Ponnamperuma](/source/Cyril_Ponnamperuma) (1923–1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala scientist in the fields of chemical evolution and the origin of life
* [Cyril Ramaphosa](/source/Cyril_Ramaphosa) (born 1952), South African president, businessman, and trade unionist
* [Cyril Ranatunga](/source/Cyril_Ranatunga), Sri Lankan Sinhala army general
* [Cyril Richardson](/source/Cyril_Richardson) (born 1990), American football player
* Cyril Riley, known mononymously as [Cyril](/source/Cyril_(DJ)), an Australian musician, best known for his version of "[Stumblin' In](/source/Stumblin'_In)"
* [Cyril Rioli](/source/Cyril_Rioli) (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
* [Cyril Smith](/source/Cyril_Smith) (1928–2010), English Liberal politician
* [Cyril Stapleton](/source/Cyril_Stapleton) (1914–1974), English musician and bandleader
* [Cyril Symes](/source/Cyril_Symes) (born 1943), Canadian politician
* [Cyril Takayama](/source/Cyril_Takayama) (born 1973), American-Japanese magician
* [Cyril Wecht](/source/Cyril_Wecht) (1931–2024), American forensic pathologist
* [Cyril Wickramage](/source/Cyril_Wickramage) (born 1932), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor, director, and vocalist

==Fictional characters==
* [Cyril "Blakey" Blake](/source/On_the_Buses), the bus depot inspector from the 1970s British comedy TV series ''On the Buses''
* [Cyril Fielding](/source/A_Passage_to_India), character in E. M. Forster's novel ''A Passage to India''
* [Cyril Figgis](/source/Archer_(2009_TV_series)), character in the TV series ''Archer''
* Cyril Gray, character from the film ''[Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang](/source/Nanny_McPhee_and_the_Big_Bang)'', played by Eros Vlahos
* Cyril Kinnear, the menacing and urbane mastermind from the 1971 British crime film ''[Get Carter](/source/Get_Carter)''
* Cyril Orchard, the murder victim in the 1948 Nero Wolfe mystery ''[And Be a Villain](/source/And_Be_a_Villain)''
* Cyril Playfair, the reverend from the 1952 film ''[The Quiet Man](/source/The_Quiet_Man)''
* Cyril Proudbottom, Mr. Toad's horse from the 1949 film ''[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad](/source/The_Adventures_of_Ichabod_and_Mr._Toad)''
* [Cyril O'Reily](/source/Cyril_O'Reily), character from television series ''Oz''
* Cyril Smallpiece, a character from the 1978 television film, ''[Across a Crowded Room](/source/Across_a_Crowded_Room)'', portrayed by [Peter Sallis](/source/Peter_Sallis)
* [Cyril Sneer](/source/The_Raccoons), the villain aardvark of the 1980s cartoon series ''The Raccoons''
* Cyril Woodcock, from the film ''[Phantom Thread](/source/Phantom_Thread)'', played by Lesley Manville
* [Cyril the Fogman](/source/List_of_people_and_animals_from_Thomas_%26_Friends), a character from the television series ''Thomas & Friends''
* Cyril, a character from ''[Doctor Who](/source/Doctor_Who)''
* Cyril, a character from ''[Fire Emblem: Three Houses](/source/Fire_Emblem%3A_Three_Houses)''
* Cyril the Ice Dragon, from ''[The Legend of Spyro](/source/The_Legend_of_Spyro)''
* Cyril the Squirrel, from [Maisy (book series)](/source/Maisy_(book_series)) and ''[Maisy (TV series)](/source/Maisy_(TV_series))''
*Cyril, the main character in ''[The Heart's Invisible Furies](/source/The_Heart's_Invisible_Furies)'' by [John Boyne](/source/John_Boyne)
*Cyril, a giant squirrel [kaiju](/source/kaiju) from [Rampage: Total Destruction](/source/Rampage%3A_Total_Destruction)
*Cyril Bassington-Bassington, from "[Jeeves and the Chump Cyril](/source/Jeeves_and_the_Chump_Cyril)"
*[Syril Karn](/source/Syril_Karn), a character from the ''Star Wars'' TV series ''Andor''

==See also==
* {{intitle|Cyril}}
* {{look from|Cyril}}
* [Cyrille](/source/Cyrille)
* [Cyrillus (crater)](/source/Cyrillus_(crater)), on the Moon
* [Cirillo](/source/Cirillo)
* [Kyril](/source/Kyril)
* [Kyrylo](/source/Kyrylo)

{{Given name}}

Category:English masculine given names
Category:Given names of Greek language origin
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Unisex given names

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