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Cyril

Cyril is a distinctive choice, ranked #3684 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Cyril in their class.

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UK Rank 2025
#3684
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About the Name Cyril

Cyril is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 276 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1457 in 2008 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.

Cyril is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Cyril in their class.

⭐ Famous People Named Cyril

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the name Cyril

Unlikely. With around 5 UK babies named Cyril per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Cyril in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Cyril is declining: down 1,456 places since 2020, to #3,684 in 2025. It peaked at #1,457 in 2008.
Cyril is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Cyril include: Cyril Raffaelli, Cyril Kongo and Cyril Ramaphosa. Short summaries for each appear below.
Cyril does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Cyrils in the wild.
5
UK babies named Cyril (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 1456 places
Rank change (last 5 years)

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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Cyril

Almost certainly the only Cyril in the class

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UK Popularity (1996–2025)

Rank and birth count · ONS official data

No US data available for this name

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About the Name Cyril

Meaning
derived from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kýrillos), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek κυριος (kýrios) 'lord'.

Famous People Named Cyril

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Cyril Raffaellib. 1974
Cyril Raffaelli, sometimes credited as Cyril Xavier Cuenel Raffaelli and Cyril Quenel-Raffaelli, is a French traceur, martial artist and stuntman.
Cyril Kongob. 1969
Cyril Kongo, also known as Kongo, was born in 1969 as Cyril Phan in Toulouse, France.
Cyril Ramaphosa1952
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician serving as the president of South Africa since 2018.
Cyril Smith1945
Sir Cyril Richard Smith was a British Liberal Party and Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992.
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem (Greek: Κύριλλος Α΄ Ἱεροσολύμων, Kýrillos A΄ Hierosolýmōn; Latin: Cyrillus Hierosolymitanus; c. 313 – 386) was a theologian of the Early Church.
Cyril Nauth
Cyril Nauth19 December 1981 in Dijon), is a French politician.
Cyril (DJ)
Cyril Riley, known mononymously as Cyril (stylised as CYRIL), is an Australian DJ and record producer.
Cyril of Bulgaria
Patriarch Cyril (Bulgarian: Патриарх Кирил; secular name Konstantin Markov Konstantinov [Bulgarian: Константин Марков Константинов]; January 3, 1901 – March 7, 1971) was the first Patriarch of the restored Bulgarian Patriarchate.
Cyril Tourneur
Cyril Tourneur was an English soldier, diplomat and dramatist who wrote The Atheist's Tragedy; another (and better-known) play, The Revenger's Tragedy, formerly ascribed to him, is now more generally attributed to Thomas Middleton.

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