Kiryl
A variant of Cyryl, tracing back to the Greek for "lord". It stays rare in Poland: around 2,700 men carry it, all of them male, and most Poles will never meet one.
Kiryl Pronunciation
Kiryl is pronounced KEE-rihl (/ˈkirɨl/).
What Kiryl means
Where Kiryl comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kiryl reaches back to the Greek Kyrillos, built on kyrios, the word for lord. The same root sounds in the old church cry Kyrie eleison, Lord have mercy. The short meaning, lord, is therefore no later attachment. It is the origin, pański in Polish.
In Poland the name more often takes the shape Cyryl, its close variant, while Kiryl keeps a spelling that leans east toward Slavic neighbours. Both go back to the one Greek source. On a class register the two can sit a few lines apart and point to the same thing.
A child called Kiryl wears a title for a first name. Not a rank he earned, just a word that once meant master and ruler. Say it slowly and you land back on kyrios, and on its plain Polish sense, pański.
How many people are named Kiryl
1 in 7859 men in Poland is named Kiryl. 2,716 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #614 among male names.
Kiryl's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1646 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024. Still the #614 name among living men, even as it slips to #1646 among newborns.
Where Kiryl is most popular
Kiryl is most popular in Lower Silesian, 588% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+588%
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Masovian2 boys born+205%
Kiryl as a middle name
Kiryl is a first name for 2,716 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 6492nd, between Kiranbhai (3) and Kit (3).
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#6490 Kingston3
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#6491 Kiranbhai3
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#6492 Kirył3
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#6493 Kit3
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#6494 Kivanç3