Kiril
A Greek name meaning "lord" or "ruler", carried in Poland by the same root as Cyryl. It stays rare here: most Poles have never met a Kiril, and the name goes only to boys.
Kiril Pronunciation
Kiril is pronounced KEE-reel (/ˈkiril/).
What Kiril means
Where Kiril comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kiril goes back to the Greek Kyrillos, a name built on kyrios, the word for master or lord. That root supplies the short meaning still set beside it: pan, władca. In Polish the name usually appears in its variant, Cyryl, the form a teacher calls out from a class register.
One bearer stands behind an entire alphabet. Saint Cyril, the ninth-century monk who worked among the Slavs with his brother Methodius, gave his name to the Cyrillic script. He was Greek, born in Thessalonica, and the name meant lord long before it labelled a set of letters.
Poland keeps him on the calendar. Cyryl and his brother share a name-day on 14 February, and Cyryl of Jerusalem brings another on 18 March. The meaning holds across every date: pan, władca.
How many people are named Kiril
1 in 9030 men in Poland is named Kiril. 2,364 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #659 among male names.
Kiril's popularity over time
7 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #811 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2016. Still the #659 name among living men, even as it slips to #811 among newborns.
Where Kiril is most popular
Kiril is most popular in Lower Silesian, 206% above the national average (8 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+185%) and Lubusz (+142%).
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Lower Silesian8 boys born+206%
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Pomeranian7 boys born+185%
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Lubusz2 boys born+142%
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Greater Poland8 boys born+123%
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Silesian5 boys born+32%
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Masovian6 boys born+2%
Kiril as a middle name
Kiril is a first name for 2,364 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4308th, between Kiriakos (6) and Kirił (6).
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#4306 Ki6
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#4307 Kiriakos6
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#4308 Kiril6
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#4309 Kirił6
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#4310 Kobe6