Kirilo
Meet one and you'll remember it: fewer than 200 Poles carry Kirilo, and every one of them is a man. The name goes back to the Greek kyrios, "lord", the same root behind Cyril but held closer to that Eastern original.
Kirilo Pronunciation
Kirilo is pronounced kee-REE-lo (/kiˈrilɔ/).
What Kirilo means
Where Kirilo comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kirilo traces back to the Greek kyrios, "lord," the same root that gave Europe the name Cyril. The short meaning kept for Kirilo, "lordly, masterful," sits close to that origin rather than drifting from it. A boy called Kirilo carries a word that once addressed rulers and the masters of a household.
The form itself has an Eastern shape. Cyril spread west through the Church, while Kirilo held its ground in the Slavic south and east, closer to the Greek sound than the Latin Cyrillus.
Picture a school register in September, the teacher reading down the column and pausing at Kirilo before the more familiar Cyryl or Cyprian. The name marks its bearer as slightly foreign, slightly older in feel. That is not a burden. It is a link back to kyrios, the Greek word for lord.
How many people are named Kirilo
1 in 110032 men in Poland is named Kirilo. 194 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2275 among male names.