as a Last Name
- 12,025
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Cyr
Meaning & Origins
French: from the Latin personal name Quiricus or Cyricus, Greek Kyrikos or Kyriakos, ultimately from Greek kyrios ‘lord’, ‘master’. This name was borne by a 4th-century martyr, a small child martyred with his mother St. Julitta in 304 AD (see Quilici). In North America it is sometimes Americanized as Sears.
| 2,589th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,025
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Cyr per capita
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