Cyr Forename

74,248th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 7,493 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Gabon

Cyr Forename Definition:

A Greek name, meaning: Sunday child.

Cyr Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti
100%
2,0531:5,225720
Congo
89%
 
2,0121:2,490396
Ethiopia
100%
1,0401:93,8086,821
Gabon
100%
8421:2,237538
Benin
100%
2381:44,4363,616
France
97%
 
2161:307,7334,163
Cameroon
89%
 
1801:120,0585,926
Canada
100%
1711:193,7627,471
United States
100%
1691:2,145,18934,966
Ivory Coast
89%
 
1521:151,8158,189
Philippines
93%
 
1111:955,04026,382
Burkina Faso
100%
1051:175,0438,164
Brazil
100%
401:5,355,90481,852
Uruguay
100%
261:131,8322,999
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Belgium
100%
141:820,71710,753
Indonesia-121:21,496,972534,363
Switzerland
100%
101:821,35010,525
Central African Republic-91:501,710504
England-81:6,950,36556,418
Senegal
100%
81:1,822,67012,813
Argentina
75%
 
51:8,554,64917,386
Venezuela-51:6,040,37977,223
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Mali
100%
41:4,244,4395,329
Togo-41:1,809,8105,654
Chile
100%
31:5,869,06926,159
Singapore
100%
21:3,143,52727,876
Uganda-21:20,478,46091,660
Mexico
100%
21:62,072,21496,650
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Italy
83%
 
21:30,531,04557,596
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Cambodia
100%
11:16,273,33074,610
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
100%
11:6,315385
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Russia
100%
11:144,233,704184,271
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Netherlands
50%
 
11:16,902,08343,152
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921

Cyr (42,081) may also be a surname.

Cyr Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Greek name, meaning: Sunday child.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Cyr Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chyr8639/
Ceyr8612/
Cyrt868/
Cayr863/
Cyrr863/
Cyrh862/
Jcyr861/
Wcyr861/
Csyr861/
Scyr861/
Cyrd861/
Chyre7520/
Cheyr759/
Chayr756/
Cehyr754/
Choyr753/
Cyrth752/
Ceyre752/
Cyrrh752/
Cuoyr751/
Cyreh751/
Cyrhe751/
Cyrjs751/
Cir67337/
Syr67336/
Cer67271/
Zyr6728/
Cjr6712/
Xyr679/
Chayre675/
Cheyre674/
Scheyr672/
Chhayr671/
Ciayre671/
Cheyhr671/
Cyywru671/
Czahyr671/
Tcheyr671/

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