Cirilla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- si-RIL-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Cirilla is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “lordly”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Cirilla mean?
Greek: feminine form of Cyril, from Greek kyrios, lord
“lordly”
Cirilla, known as Ciri, is a central character in Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher novels and the games and series based on them.
Is Cirilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Cirilla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cirilla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 217% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Cirilla, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Cirilla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
How popular is Cirilla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 146% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Cirilla, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Cirilla in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cirilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 81 | #2,282 |
| 2023 | 94 | #2,062 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,710 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
Nicknames for Cirilla
- Ciri
Names like Cirilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cirilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cirilla, updated 20 October 2026.