{{About|the name|the town|Cyril, Oklahoma|other uses|Saint Cyril (disambiguation){{!}}Saint Cyril}} {{Infobox given name | name = Cyril | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|ɹ|əl}} | gender = Male | meaning = | region = | origin = Greek | related names = Cirillo, Cyrille, Cyryl, Cyrillus, Kiril, Kirill, Kyrillos, Kiryl, Kyrylo, Kiro, Kyril, Quirrel | footnotes = }} '''Cyril''' (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek name {{Lang|el|Κύριλλος}} (''Kýrillos''), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek {{Lang|grc|κυριος}} (''kýrios'') 'lord'. There are various variant forms of the name ''Cyril'' such as ''Cyrill'', ''Cyrille'', ''Ciril'', ''Kirill'', ''Kiryl'', ''Kirillos'', ''Kyrylo'', ''Kiril'', ''Kiro'', ''Kyril'', ''Kyrill'' and ''Quirrel''.
It may also refer to:
==Christian patriarchs or bishops== * Cyril of Jerusalem ({{circa|313}}{{snd}}386), theologian and bishop * Cyril of Alexandria ({{circa|376}}{{snd}}444), Patriarch of Alexandria * 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, reigned 1078–1092 * Greek Patriarch Cyril II of Alexandria, reigned in the 12th century * Cyril of Turaw (1130–1182), Belarusian bishop and orthodox saint * Pope Cyril III of Alexandria, reigned 1235–1243 * Cyril I of Serbia, reigned 1407–1419 * Cyril, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1572), Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1568 to 1572 * Cyril Lucaris (Patriarch Cyril I of Constantinople), reigned for six terms between 1612 and 1638 * Cyril II of Constantinople, patriarch in 1633, 1635–1636, 1638–1639 * Patriarch Cyril III of Constantinople, patriarch in 1652 and 1654 * Cyril IV of Constantinople, patriarch 1711–1713 * Cyril V Zaim, Melkite patriarch of Antioch died 1720 * Cyril VI Tanas, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1724–1760 * Patriarch Cyril V of Constantinople, patriarch in 1748–1751, 1752–1757 * Cyril II of Serbia, reigned 1759–1763 * Cyril VII Siaj, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1794–1796 * Patriarch Cyril VI of Constantinople, patriarch in 1813–1818 * Cyril, Metropolitan of Belgrade, Metropolitan of Belgrade during 1825–1827 * Patriarch Cyril II of Jerusalem, reigned 1845–1875 * Patriarch Cyril VII of Constantinople, patriarch in 1855–1860 * Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria, reigned 1854–1861 * Pope Cyril V of Alexandria, reigned 1874–1921 * Cyril VIII Jaha, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1902–1916 * Cyril IX Moghabghab, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1925–1946 * Patriarch Cyril of Bulgaria, reigned 1953–1971 * Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, reigned 1959–1971 * Patriarch Cyril I of Moscow, reigning from 2009
==Other individuals== * Cyrillus, 5th-century Greek jurist * Cyril Abiteboul (born 1977), French motor racing engineer and manager, formerly the managing director of Renault Sport F1 Team * Cyril Almeida, Pakistani journalist * Cyril Eugene Attygalle, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Cyril Benson, founder of British company Bensons for Beds * Cyril Bourlon de Rouvre (born 1945), French businessman and politician * Sir Cyril Burt (1883–1971), psychologist * Cyril Connolly (1903–1974), English literary critic and writer * Cyril Delevanti (1889–1975), British actor * Cyril Despres (born 1974), French motorcycle rider * Cyril De Zoysa (1896–1978), Sri Lankan businessman and Buddhist revivalist * Cyril Dissanayaka, Sri Lankan Sinhala senior police officer * Cyril Dodd (1844–1913), British politician * Cyril Domoraud (born 1971), Ivorian football player * Cyril Dunne (1941–2024), Irish Gaelic footballer * Cyril Fernando (1895–1974), Sri Lankan Sinhala clinician and researcher * Cyril Fletcher (1913–2005), English comedian, actor and businessman * Ciryl Gane (born 1990), French mixed martial artist, former interim UFC heavyweight champion * Cyril Gautier (born 1987), French racing cyclist * Cyril Goulden (1897–1981), Welsh/Canadian geneticist, statistician, and agronomist * Cyril Grayson (born 1993), American football player * Cyril Haran (1931–2014), Gaelic footballer and manager, priest, scholar and schoolteacher * Cyril Stanley Harrison (1915–1998), English cricketer * Cyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff (born Toumanishvili) (1913–1997), Russian-born historian and genealogist who was a professor emeritus at Georgetown University * Cyril Herath (died 2011), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1985 to 1988 * Cyril Höschl (1949–2025), Czech psychiatrist and academic * Cyril Jordan (born 1948), American guitarist and founder of the Flamin' Groovies * Cyril Karabus (born 1935), South African paediatric oncologist * Cyril Keeper (born 1943), Canadian politician * Cyril Knowles (1944–1991), English footballer * C. M. Kornbluth (1923–1958), American science fiction author * Cyril Lawrence (1920–2020), English footballer * Cyril Lewis (1909–1999), Welsh footballer * Sister M. Cyril Mooney (1936–2023), educational innovator in India * Cyril Nicholas (1898–1961), Sri Lankan Burgher army captain, civil servant, and forester * Cyril Ornadel (1924–2011), British conductor and composer * Elder Cyril Pavlov (1919–2017), Russian Orthodox Christian monk, mystic and wonder-worker * Cyril Pearl (1904–1987), Australian journalist * Cyril Perkins (1911–2013), English cricketer * Cyril C. Perera (1923–2016), Sri Lankan Sinhala author, translator of world literature into Sinhala * Cyril E. S. Perera (1892–1968), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Ceylon House of Representatives * Cyril Pinto Jayatilake Seneviratne (1918–1984), Sri Lankan Sinhala military officer and politician * Cyril Ponnamperuma (1923–1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala scientist in the fields of chemical evolution and the origin of life * Cyril Ramaphosa (born 1952), South African president, businessman, and trade unionist * Cyril Ranatunga, Sri Lankan Sinhala army general * Cyril Richardson (born 1990), American football player * Cyril Riley, known mononymously as Cyril, an Australian musician, best known for his version of "Stumblin' In" * Cyril Rioli (born 1989), Australian rules footballer * Cyril Smith (1928–2010), English Liberal politician * Cyril Stapleton (1914–1974), English musician and bandleader * Cyril Symes (born 1943), Canadian politician * Cyril Takayama (born 1973), American-Japanese magician * Cyril Wecht (1931–2024), American forensic pathologist * Cyril Wickramage (born 1932), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor, director, and vocalist
==Fictional characters== * Cyril "Blakey" Blake, the bus depot inspector from the 1970s British comedy TV series ''On the Buses'' * Cyril Fielding, character in E. M. Forster's novel ''A Passage to India'' * Cyril Figgis, character in the TV series ''Archer'' * Cyril Gray, character from the film ''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'' * Cyril Orchard, the murder victim in the 1948 Nero Wolfe mystery ''And Be a Villain'' * Cyril Playfair, the reverend from the 1952 film ''The Quiet Man'' * Cyril Proudbottom, Mr. Toad's horse from the 1949 film ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' * Cyril O'Reily, character from television series ''Oz'' * Cyril Smallpiece, a character from the 1978 television film, ''Across a Crowded Room'', portrayed by Peter Sallis * Cyril Sneer, the villain aardvark of the 1980s cartoon series ''The Raccoons'' * Cyril Woodcock, from the film ''Phantom Thread'', played by Lesley Manville * Cyril the Fogman, a character from the television series ''Thomas & Friends'' * Cyril, a character from ''Doctor Who'' * Cyril, a character from ''Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' * Cyril the Ice Dragon, from ''The Legend of Spyro'' * Cyril the Squirrel, from Maisy (book series) and ''Maisy (TV series)'' *Cyril, the main character in ''The Heart's Invisible Furies'' by John Boyne *Cyril, a giant squirrel kaiju from Rampage: Total Destruction *Cyril Bassington-Bassington, from "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril" *Syril Karn, a character from the ''Star Wars'' TV series ''Andor''
==See also== * {{intitle|Cyril}} * {{look from|Cyril}} * Cyrille * Cyrillus (crater), on the Moon * Cirillo * Kyril * Kyrylo
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