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The cyr Surname

cyr Name Meaning and History

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The cyr name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the cyr family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of cyr Families in the US in 1920
Number of cyr families
 212-421
 71-211		 1-70
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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