Kirill
Kirill | |
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Gender | male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Κύριλλος [Kyrillos] |
Other names | |
Related names | Cirillo, Cyrille, Cyryl, Cyrillus, Kiril, Kirill, Kirillos, Kiryl, Kyryl,Kiro |
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The given name Kirill is male name, deriving from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kyrillos) which in turn derives from Greek κύριος (kyrios) "lord". There are many variant forms of the name: Cyril, Cyrill, Kyrill, Kiryl, Kirillos, Kyryl, Kiril, Kyrill, Kyrylo,kiro.
The name belongs to several religious figures such as Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, a 4th-century bishop and a doctor of the Church. Saint Cyril of Alexandria was a 5th-century theologian. Another Saint Cyril was a 9th-century linguist and a Greek missionary to the Slavs.
Persons named Kirill
Persons named Kirill include:
- Kirill I of Moscow, the current Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
- Kirill Alexeyev (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
- Kirill Eskov (born 1956), Russian writer
- Kirill Florensky ( 1915 – 1982), Russian Soviet geochemist and planetologist
- Kirill Formanchuk, Russian activist for motorists' rights
- Kirill Gerasimov (born 1971), Russian professional poker player
- Kirill Gerstein (born 1979), Russian pianist
- Kirill Ikonnikov (born 1984), Russian hammer thrower
- Kirill Karabits (born 1976), Ukrainian conductor
- Kirill Khaliavin
- Kirill Kochubei
- Kirill Kombarov
- Kirill Kondrashin
- Kirill Kurochkin
- Kirill Lavrov
- Kirill Lyamin
- Kirill Mazurov
- Kirill Meretskov
- Kirill Moskalenko
- Kirill Nababkin
- Kirill Naryshkin (disambiguation)
- Kirill Nikonorov
- Kirill of Beloozero
- Kirill Pavlyuchek
- Kirill Petrov
- Kirill Razumovsky
- Kirill Reznik
- Kirill Safronov
- Kirill Seleznyov (disambiguation)
- Kirill Sosunov
- Kirill Starkov
- Kirill Tomashevich
- Kirill Vakhromeev
- Kirill Veselov
- Kirill A. Yevstigneyev
See also
- Kirill (online drama)
- Cyril (disambiguation)
- Cyrille
- Kiril
- Kyril
- Kyrill (disambiguation)