Kire

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Diminutive of KIRIL.

KIRIL   male   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of CYRIL.
CYRIL   male   English, French, Czech, Slovak
From the Greek name Κυριλλος (Kyrillos) which was derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord", a word used frequently in the Greek Bible to refer to God or Jesus.

This name was borne by a number of important saints, including Cyril of Jerusalem, a 4th-century bishop and Doctor of the Church, and Cyril of Alexandria, a 5th-century theologian. Another Saint Cyril was a 9th-century linguist and a Greek missionary to the Slavs. The Cyrillic alphabet, which is still used today, was created by him and his brother Methodius in order to translate the Bible into Slavic, and thus this name has been especially popular in Eastern Christianity. It came into general use in England in the 19th century.
FULL FORMS
MACEDONIAN: Kiril
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Cyrillus, Kyriakos, Kyrillos
BULGARIAN: Kiril
CZECH: Cyril
ENGLISH: Cy, Cyril
FRENCH: Cyril, Cyrille
GREEK: Kyriakos
ITALIAN: Ciriaco, Cirillo
LATE ROMAN: Cyriacus
LATVIAN: Kirils
MACEDONIAN: Kiro
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Kyrilu
POLISH: Cyryl
PORTUGUESE: Ciríaco
RUSSIAN: Kirill
SLOVAK: Cyril
SLOVENE: Ciril
SPANISH: Ciríaco, Ciriaco
UKRAINIAN: Kyrylo
FEMININE FORMS
ENGLISH: Cyrilla
FRENCH: Cyrielle
GREEK: Kiki, Kyriake, Kyriaki
LATE ROMAN: Cyriaca
SLOVENE: Cirila