Kirill
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| Kirill | |
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| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Κύριλλος [Kyrillos] |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Cyril, Cyrille |
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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.
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.
[edit] Persons named Kirill
Persons named Kirill include:
- Kirill I of Moscow, the current Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
- Kirill A. Evstigneyev / Kirill A. Yevstigneyev
- Kirill Eskov
- Kirill Evstigneev
- Kirill Florensky
- Kirill Formanchuk
- Kirill Gerasimov
- Kirill Gerstein
- Kirill Ikonnikov
- Kirill Karabits
- Kirill Khaliavin
- Kirill Kochubei
- Kirill Kombarov
- Kirill Kurochkin
- Kirill Lavrov
- Kirill Lyamin
- Kirill Mazurov
- Kirill Meretskov
- Kirill Moskalenko
- Kirill Nababkin
- Kirill Naryshkin (disambiguation)
- Kirill Nikonorov
- Kirill Pavlyuchek
- Kirill Petrov
- Kirill Razumovsky
- Kirill Reznik
- Kirill Safronov
- Kirill Seleznyov
- Kirill Sosunov
- Kirill Starkov
- Kirill Tomashevich
- Kirill Vakhromeev
- Kirill Veselov
- Kirill of Beloozero
[edit] See also
- Kirill (online drama)
- Cyril (disambiguation)
- Cyrille (disambiguation)
- Kiril
- Kyril
- Kyrill (disambiguation)
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