Kirill

{{other uses}} {{Infobox given name | name = Kirill | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = male | meaning = | region = | origin = Κύριλλος [Kyrillos] | related names = Cirillo, Cyrille, Cyryl, Cyrillus, Kiril, Kirillos, Kiryl, Kyryl, Kiro | footnotes = }} '''Kirill''' ({{langx|ru|Кирилл}}) a Russian male given name, deriving from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kyrillos),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=380 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Dictionary_of_First_Names/qVCTAQAACAAJ?hl=en |language=en |chapter=Kirill |quote=From Greek ''Kyrillos'' 'of the Lord'; name of the saint who brought Christianity to Russia in the 9th century.}}</ref> which in turn derives from Greek κύριος (kyrios) "lord".

There are many variant forms of the name: Cyril, Cyrill, Kyrill, Kiryl, Kirillos, Kyryl, Kiril, Kyrylo, Kiro. Endeared versions in Slavic countries include ''Kiryusha''.

==People== *Kirill I of Moscow (Gundyaev) (born 1946), Russian Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia *Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia *Kirill Alekseenko (born 1997), Russian chess grandmaster *Kirill Aleshin (born 1997), Russian ice dancer *Kirill Alexeyev (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player *Kirill Bichutsky (born 1984), American photographer, businessman *Kirill Dmitriev (born 1975), Russian businessman *Kirill Eskov (born 1956), Russian writer *Kirill Florensky (1915–1982), Russian geochemist and planetologist *Kirill Formanchuk, Russian activist for motorists' rights *Kirill Gerasimov (born 1971), Russian poker player *Kirill Gerstein (born 1979), Russian pianist *Kirill Gevorgian (born 1953), Russian diplomat and jurist *Kirill Gorbunov (1822–1893), Russian painter *Kirill Gurov (1918–1994), Russian theoretical physicist *Kirill Ikonnikov (born 1984), Russian hammer thrower *Kirill Kaprizov (born 1997), Russian ice hockey player *Kirill Karabits (born 1976), Ukrainian conductor *Kirill Khaliavin (born 1990), Russian ice dancer *Kirill Kochubei (born 1986), Russian football player *Kirill Kombarov (born 1987), Russian football player *Kirill Kondrashin (1914–1981), Russian conductor *Kirill Y. Kondratyev (1920–2006), Russian atmospheric physicist *Kirill Kononenko (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player *Kirill Kravchenko (born 1976), Russian businessman *Kirill Kurochkin (born 1988), Russian football player *Kirill Lavrov (1925–2007), Russian actor and director *Kirill Lyamin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey player *Kirill Marchenko (born 2000), Russian ice hockey player *Kirill Mazurov (1914–1989), Belarusian politician *Kirill Meretskov (1897–1968), Russian general *Kirill Molchanov (1922–1982), Russian composer *Kirill Moskalenko (1902–1985), Russian general *Kirill Nababkin (born 1986), Russian football player *Kirill Naryshkin (1623–1691), Russian aristocrat *Kirill Nikonorov (born 1990), Russian ice hockey player *Kirill Pavlyuchek (born 1984), Belarusian football player *Kirill Petrenko (born 1972), Russian-Austrian conductor *Kirill Petrov (born 1990), Russian ice hockey player *Kirill Pishchalnikov (born 1987), Russian basketball player *Kirill Razumovski (1728–1803), Russian aristocrat *Kirill Reznik (born 1974), American politician *Kirill Rodin (born 1963), Russian cellist *Kirill Safronov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player *Kirill G. Seleznyov (born 1974), Russian businessman *Kirill I. Seleznyov (born 1985), Russian football player *Kirill Shchelkin (1911–1968), Russian nuclear scientist *Kirill Sosunov (born 1975), Russian long jumper *Kirill Starkov (born 1987), Danish ice hockey player *Kirill Stremousov (1976–2022), Ukrainian-born blogger *Kirill Tomashevich (1852–1909), Russian politician *Kirill Troussov (born 1982), German violinist *Kirill Turichenko (born 1983), Ukrainian musician *Kirill Vakhromeev (Philaret; 1935–2021), Russian bishop *Kirill Veselov, Russian ski-orienteerer *Kirill A. Yevstigneyev (1917–1996), Russian fighter pilot * Kirill Zalessky (born 1980), Belarusian politician

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Category:Masculine given names Category:Russian masculine given names