THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Cyril
Cyril is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Cyril.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Cebuano
- /ˈsiɾil/
- [ˈs̪i.ɾ̪ɪl̪]
- /ˈsajɾil/colloquial · nonstandard
- [ˈs̪aɪ̯.ɾ̪ɪl̪]colloquial · nonstandard
Cy · ril2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Cyril, from Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios).
a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Cyril
EnglishEtymology & source
Via Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord, master”).
A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Cyril
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Cyril Buhayan Villareal
Filippino Roman-Catholic bishop
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Cyril Buhayan Villareal
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Cyril in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Cyril
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Cyrilo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- April♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Cyrille♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Cyrus♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Cyprus·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Cynthia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cypress·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Cyril?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Cyril
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q34997882 — Cyril (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Cyril Buhayan Villareal (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q34997882 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cyril (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cyril (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.