Kyrillos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kee-REE-los
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Kyrillos is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lordly”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Kyrillos mean?
Greek: Greek form of Cyril, from kyrios 'lord'
“lordly”
The Greek form of Cyril, borne by several Coptic popes, including Pope Kyrillos VI.
Is Kyrillos a girl's or a boy's name?
Kyrillos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kyrillos in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kyrillos, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Kyrillos in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kyrillos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Names like Kyrillos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyrie Kayden Killian Finnegan Silas Orion Kian Cassian Atlas Elian Callahan Adonis
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Kyrillos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kyrillos, updated 20 October 2026.