Cirilla
Almost unknown in Poland: most people here have never met one, and the first girls given it were born only a few years ago. It reworks the Greek name behind Cyril into a feminine form, from a root meaning "lord" or "master".
Cirilla Pronunciation
Cirilla is pronounced chee-REEL-lah (/t͡ɕiˈrilla/).
What Cirilla means
Where Cirilla comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Cirilla grows from the Greek word kyrios, which means lord or master. The masculine form is Cyryl, the name of the saint who gave the Slavs their alphabet. Cirilla turns that root toward a girl. It offers her the meaning pani, władczyni, one who holds command.
Most Polish readers first meet the name through Cirilla of Cintra, the young heir in Andrzej Sapkowski's Wiedźmin novels. She is a princess with a claim to a throne. Sapkowski shortened her name to Ciri, and half the world knows it that way. The old sense of a ruler matches the Greek root.
The variant Cyryla stays nearer to Cyryl and its Slavic history. Picture the name read from a class register in September. The teacher pauses at Cirilla, then reads on. The meaning underneath stays the same: pani, one who rules.
How many people are named Cirilla
1 in 609293 women in Poland is named Cirilla. 37 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6440 among female names.
Cirilla's popularity over time
9 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #729 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2022.
Where Cirilla is most popular
Cirilla is most popular in Świętokrzyskie, 766% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+206%) and Silesian (+111%).
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Świętokrzyskie2 girls born+766%
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+206%
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Silesian2 girls born+111%
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Masovian3 girls born+103%
Cirilla as a middle name
Cirilla is a first name for 37 women in Poland and a middle name for another 74, a 33/67 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 779th, between Susanna (75) and Isabell (74).
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#777 Rena75
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#778 Susanna75
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#779 Cirilla74
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#780 Isabell74
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#781 Mabel74