The male name Kiril (or Кирил or Кирилл) is a common first name in the Orthodox Slavic world, in particular in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Russia. It is also well known in Greece but in different forms like Kyriakos. (Note that in modern Russian the spelling Кирил is considered to be a mistake, the correct spelling is Кирилл.) Kiril has several variant forms: Cyril, Cyrill, Kirill, Kirillos, Kiryl (Belarusian language, Belarusian), Kyril, Cyryl (Polish language, Polish), Kyrill, Kyrylo (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) and a diminutive Kiro (common in the Balkan Sprachbund). Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint Cyril of Jerusalem was a 4th-century bishop and a Doctor of the Church. Cyril of Alexandria, Saint Cyril of Alexandria was a 5th-century theologian. Another Cyril and Methodius, Saint Cyril, known as Kiril, was a 9th-century translator and a Byzantine missionary to the Slavs. He, together with his brother Methodius, created an alphabet called the Glagolitic script, Glagolitic alphabet to serve the needs of the Slavic world, translating the Bible into the Church Slavic language. Later, their students created a simpler and graphically usable script, which is named after Cyril as the Cyrillic script, Cyrillic alphabet and is still used by millions of people.

People with the name

*Kiril Džajkovski, Macedonian musician *Kiril Juha Kainulainen, Finnish photographer *Kirill Pokrovsky, Russian/Belgian Composer *Kiryl Tarasenka, Belarusian Aeronautical Engineer *Kiril Petkov, Bulgarian politician

People with the name

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