Cyril (shiriru) in Japanese

The name Cyril in Japanese Katakana is シリル which in romaji is shiriru. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Cyril in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is しりる.

How do you write Cyril in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "Cyril" (romaji: "Shiriru") is 紫里留, pronounced "Shi-ri-ru". The kanji means "purple village stay".

The western meaning of the name Cyril is "lordly". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 聖帝 (sei-tei), which means "holy emperor". It is pronounced sei-tei with the syllables separated by a hyphen.

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