Cyril

Template:About Template:Infobox given name Cyril (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek name {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Kýrillos), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (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 (Template:CircaTemplate:Snd386), theologian and bishop
• Cyril of Alexandria (Template:CircaTemplate:Snd444), 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 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 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 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
• 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"

See also

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• Cyrille
• Cyrillus (crater), on the Moon
• Cirillo
• Kyril
• Kyrylo