Cyril

I think in the Philippines there is another pronunciation of SIE-reel because many more people say SIE-reel than SEE-ril.

SIE-ril and SRIL in English.

I've always pronounced my name like "cereal" leaving the "ea" sound out. My mother says it the same as well as my aunt on my father's side. I am the forth one in the family with the same first and last name but the first had a different middle name. It is interesting to learn where the name comes from.

Czech and Slovak pronunciation is "tsi:reel".

All wrong. The correct pronunciation in English is SIHR-uhl.

This name is NOT traditionally pronounced SEER-əl, but SIR-əl (with a short "I"). The latter has my preference.

I THOUGHT this name was pronounced SIE-ril in English. I thought everybody pronounced it this way, but it doesn't seem to be like that. I don't like the pronunciation "SEER-il", sounds pretty odd and I would never think of this pronunciation when seeing the spelling of Cyril, ever.

Pronounced "TSEER-il" (shortly).

Re: Maggie_Simpson 1/16/2008
That is the Czech pronunciation; except that I would write it TSI-ril, because it's short.

Cyril can also be pronounced SYE-rihl. It's much more commonly pronounced that way by Americans.