Cyril

Where Cyril comes from

Via Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord, master”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cyril
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Cyril through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1897
    Cyril Norman Hinshelwood born
    English physical chemist
  3. 1902
    Peak, #261
    50 babies named Cyril, its best rank.
  4. 1952
    Cyril Ramaphosa born
    President of South Africa since 2018
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,021.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
Namesakes
  • Cyril Ramaphosa · President of South Africa since 2018, born 1952
  • Cyril Norman Hinshelwood · English physical chemist, 1897–1967
  • Cyril Genik · immigration agent, 1857–1925
  • Cyril M. Kornbluth · American science fiction author, 1923–1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.