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Kirill

From the Greek for "lord, master", carried into Poland through Russian usage. It stays rare and boys-only here: most Poles have never met one, and the few born each year have been thinning since a high early this decade.

Kirill Pronunciation

Kirill is pronounced KEE-reell (/ˈkirill/).

Alive in 2025
1,138
Newborns 2025
9
National rank
#904

What Kirill means

Where Kirill comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Kirill traces back to the Greek Kyrillos, a name built on kyrios, meaning "lord" or "master." The Greek root gave the name its sense of authority long before it settled into Russian use. In Polish the meaning reads as pan, władca.

The name owes much of its reach to Cyril, the ninth-century missionary who, with his brother Methodius, brought a written alphabet to the Slavs. The Cyrillic script bears his name. Through that history Kirill became firmly Russian, common on registers from Moscow to the far east.

It stays close to its Greek source. There are no soft diminutives here, no cross-gender twin. Kirill stands as it is. On a Polish urząd form the spelling can look foreign next to Cyryl, the local cousin, yet the root is the same lord.

The meaning holds plainly: lord, master, pan, władca.

How many people are named Kirill

1 in 18758 men in Poland is named Kirill. 1,138 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #904 among male names.

People with the name Kirill 2019 → 2025
1,138 +976 since 2019
2020 200 +38
2021 245 +45
2022 388 +143
2023 1,010 +622
2024 1,095 +85
2025 1,138 +43

Kirill's popularity over time

9 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #737 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2014.

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9 newborns with the name Kirill in 2025
national rank #737 that year

Where Kirill is most popular

Kirill is most popular in Lower Silesian, 196% above the national average (17 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+175%) and Pomeranian (+141%). It is least common in Silesian, 28% below average.

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Kirill as a middle name

Kirill is a first name for 1,138 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4821st, between Kimani (5) and Klimek (5).

As a first name
1,138
As a middle name
5
first name 100% middle name 0%
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