Cyr
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Cyr is a surname, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Isle of Man it is the 2nd most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and French, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Greek kyrios 'lord'; short form related to Cyrus/Cyrille.
- CACanada1 in 6.4K◐
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 23K
- USUnited States1 in 28K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈13K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 349 ●
- 1 in 28K ◐
across 13 countries
recorded for this name
132K records
Official registry-verified
United States
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Çyr in TR Türkiye and Khir in MY Malaysia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
From Greek kyrios 'lord'; short form related to Cyrus/Cyrille.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 11,829 | 101K rec. | 1 in 28K | 12K | Cyr | 349 |
| CA Canada | #511 | 11,732 | 10K rec. | — | 1 | Cyr | 165 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 10,245 | 10K rec. | — | — | Cyr | 50 |
| AU Australia | — | 2,557 | 2.6K rec. | — | 1 | Cyr | 27 |
| DE Germany | — | 791 | 803 rec. | — | listed | Cyr | 27 |
| IT Italy | — | 511 | 532 rec. | — | — | Cyr | 9 |
| RU Russia | — | 394 | 416 rec. | — | — | Cyr | 14 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | 345 | 360 rec. | — | — | Cyr | 4 |
| IL Israel | — | 310 | 312 rec. | — | — | Cyr | 4 |
| BE Belgium | — | 270△ | 34 rec. | 1 in 43K | 349 | Cyr | 11 |
| PH Philippines | — | 226 | 361 rec. | — | — | Cyr | 18 |
| IM Isle of Man | #2 | 207 | 668 rec. | — | — | Cyr | 2 |
Roughly 12K people in United States bear this name (about 1 in 28K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English128K79%
- French12K7%
- 4.3K3%
- Spanish3.6K2%
- German1.8K1%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 127,687 | 79% |
| French | 11,730 | 7% |
| 4,299 | 3% | |
| Spanish | 3,597 | 2% |
| German | 1,783 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Cyr is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, du nom grec Kurikos, dérivé de kuros « autorité, puissance suprême »
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, Du grec, signifie « maître ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 5 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1913 | 5 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1919 | 5 |
| 1921 | 5 |
| 1922 | 5 |
| 1925 | 5 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1933 | 5 |
| 1941 | 5 |
| 1942 | 5 |
| 1943 | 5 |
| 1944 | 5 |
| 1945 | 5 |
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1953 | 5 |
| 1954 | 5 |
MQ INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique) — 20 years between 1910–1954. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Louis Cyrb. 1863CACanadian strength athlete (1863-1912)
- Conrad K. Cyrb. 1931USUnited States federal judge
- Isabelle Cyrb. 1953CACanadian actress
- René Richard Cyrb. 1958CACanadian actor and director
- Myriam Cyrb. 1960CACanadian actress and writer
- Denis Cyrb. 1961CACanadian ice hockey player
- Paul Cyrb. 1963CACanadian ice hockey player (1963-2012)
- Mathieu Cyrb. 1975CAstand-up comedian
- Éric Cyrb. 1979CAMajor League baseball pitcher
- Guillaume Cyrb. 1984CAactor in the theatrical field in Quebec
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 28 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 12K | #3,029 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 12K | #2,832 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 11K | #3,098 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1955 | 590 | #546 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 50 | #104,821 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 42 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 34 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 34 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 30 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 26 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (Tom II: C-D)
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 65 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Cyr?
- We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Cyr (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.
- In which country does Cyr have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 12 thousand people bear Cyr in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled cyr.
- How common is Cyr compared with other names?
- In Isle of Man, Cyr is the 2nd most common surname of 273 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Cyr mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Greek kyrios 'lord'; short form related to Cyrus/Cyrille.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cyr” — the 2nd most common surname in Isle of Man. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.