Cyril 6508 222069422 2008-06-27T12:22:22Z Kunchan 4304591 cyril smith {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Cyril or Cyryl | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender =male | meaning = | region = | origin =Greek | related names = | footnotes = }} The name '''Cyrillus''' or '''Cyril''' or '''Cyryl''' is derived from [[Greek language|Greek]] Κύριλλος (''Kyrillos'' - lordly, masterful), related to ''kyrios'' - lord, master. It is the name of several historic figures: * Saint [[Cyril of Alexandria]], 4th century [[Coptic Pope]] & theologian * Saint [[Cyril of Jerusalem]], 4th century [[Patriarch]] & theologian * [[Cyrillus]], 5th century Greek jurist * [[Saint Cyril]], 9th century [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantine Greek]] monk, scholar, theologian, linguist and apostle to the Slavs, believed to have co-invented the [[Glagolitic alphabet]], the first Slavic alphabet, and translated the Bible into a Slavic language referred to as [[Old Church Slavonic]]. * [[Cyril of Turaw]], 12th century Belarusian Orthodox Christian bishop and theologian * Sir [[Cyril Burt]], 20th century [[psychologist]] * Elder [[Cyril Pavlov]] (b. 1919) Russian Orthodox Christian monk, mystic and wonder-worker * Another name of [[Nikita the Furrier]] *[[Cyril Smith]], British Liberal politician *[[Cyril Takayama]], a Japanese American [[illusionist]] *[[Cyril Sneer]], the fictional villain aardvark of the 1980s cartoon series [[The Racoons]]. * [[St. Cyril's Monastery]], a monastery in Kiev, Ukraine. ==See also== *[[Cyrillus (crater)|Cyrillus (lunar crater)]] *[[Kyril]] *[[Kyrill]] *[[S.M. Cyril]] (Educational Innovator - [[India]]) {{disambig}} [[Category:Lists of ambiguous human names]] [[Category:Given names]] [[de:Kyrill]] [[el:Κύριλλος]] [[fr:Cyrille]] [[nl:Cyrillus]] [[sk:Cyril]]