Kyriakos () is the name of Christian saint
Cyriacus the Anchorite
Kyriakos the Anchorite (also known as ''Cyriacus the Hermit'') (Greek language, Greek: , ''Hosios Kyriakos ho Anachōrētēs'') was born in Corinth in the year 448.
Early life
His father was a priest named John and his mother's name was Eudoxia. ...
(or Kyriakos).
An alternative transliteration and spelling is
Kyriacos Kyriacos () is a Greek male given name, meaning 'of the lord' (derived from ).
An alternative transliteration and spelling is Kyriakos.
People with this name include:
* Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou (born 1946), Cypriot-American chemist known for syn ...
and
Cyriacus
Cyriacus (, fl. 303 AD), sometimes Anglicized as Cyriac, according to Christian tradition, is a Christian martyr who was killed in the Diocletianic Persecution. He is one of twenty-seven saints, most of them martyrs, who bear this name, of whom ...
. A similar surname, which is Kyriakos in the genitive, is
Kyriakou.
Other people with the name include:
People with the given name
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Kyriakos of Makuria, ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria in 8th century
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Kyriakos Mavronikolas (born 1955), Cypriot politician and government minister
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis (, ; born 4 March 1968) is a Greek politician currently serving as the prime minister of Greece since July 2019, except for a month between May and June 2023. Mitsotakis has been president of the New Democracy (Greece), New ...
(born 1968), Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece
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Kyriakos Onisiforou (born 1951), Cypriot-born Greek sprinter
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Kyriakos Papachronis (born 1960), also known as the "Ogre of Drama" (ο δράκος της Δράμας), a Greek serial killer
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos (born 1992), Greek footballer
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Kyriakos Pittakis (1798–1863), Greek archaeologist
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Kyriakos Tamvakis (born 1950), Greek theoretical physicist
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Kyriakos Velopoulos (born 1965), Greek politician and MP
People with the surname
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Anastasios Kyriakos (born 1978), Greek footballer
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Ioannis Kyriakos, a Greek vice-admiral who was killed in the siege of Messolonghi, brother of
Diomidis Kyriakos
Diomidis Kyriakos () (1811, Spetses – 1869, Pisa) was a Greek author, politician and Prime Minister of Greece.
Biography
Kiriakos was born in 1811 on the island of Spetses to a family of Arvanite origin. He was the younger brother of Ioannis ...
See also
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Kuriakose
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Cyriac
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Kyrie
', a transliteration of Greek , vocative case of ('' Kyrios''), is a common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called the ( ; ).
In the Bible
The prayer, , "Lord, have mercy" derives from a Biblical phrase. Greek , ...
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