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Kyrie

/ˈkaɪ.ri/

Lord

Greek

How to say it

KY · rie

/ˈkaɪ.ri/

What it means

Greek kyrios ('lord, master'), the vocative form used in the Christian liturgical chant Kyrie eleison ('Lord have mercy'). Kyrie Irving the NBA point guard is the dominant English-language anchor; the name is firmly unisex but most common for boys.

Kyrie comes from the Greek kyrios ('lord, master'), specifically the vocative form kyrie used in the ancient Christian liturgical prayer Kyrie eleison ('Lord have mercy'), one of the oldest continuous-use prayers in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Mass. Kyrie Irving the NBA point guard (born 1992, Cleveland Cavaliers championship 2016) is the dominant English-language anchor; the name's US use surged from his college years onward. As a first name Kyrie is firmly unisex but most common for boys. It entered the US top 500 in 2013 and is steady in the 200-300 range. Common short: Ky.

Popularity over time

#10 #100 #1000 #1 #1157218802025

Feminine: peaked at #963 in 1986, currently #2449 in 2025.

Masculine: peaked at #215 in 2017, currently #244 in 2025.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving

Heads-up notes

  • Pronunciation

    KEE-ree-ay in the Greek liturgy, but the US KY-ree (two syllables, stress on the first) is the dominant first-name pronunciation, popularized by Kyrie Irving.

Who's worn it

Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.

  • Kyrie Irving American basketball player, NBA champion 2016 (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Spelling variants

  • Kyree
  • Kyri