Cyriack as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Cyriack

What is the meaning of the name Cyriack ?

The baby name Cyriack is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced SEER-ee-ak or SIR-ee-ak (IPA: /ˈsɪriæk/ or /ˈsɪəriæk/).

Cyriack is Greek in Origin.

Cyriack is an Early Modern English rendering of the Greek Kyriakos (Κυριακός), carried into Latin as Cyriacus, meaning “of the Lord” or “belonging to the Lord” from kyrios, “lord.” The sense parallels that of Dominic, and the name has long borne a distinctly Christian resonance.

Its use spread in Late Antiquity through several martyrs and bishops named Cyriacus/Cyriac, notably a fourth-century Roman deacon and the child martyr paired with Julitta (Quiricus and Julitta). In England the form Cyriack survives chiefly in the 17th century - immortalized by John Milton’s two sonnets addressed to his friend Cyriack Skinner - then lapsing into rarity. International variants include Cyriac, Cyriacus, Cyriak, Kyriakos, Kuriakose (Malayalam), Ciriaco (Italian/Spanish), Quirico (Italian), and French Cyriaque; feminine counterparts appear as Kyriaki or Cyriaca. In modern naming, Cyriack is uncommon, archaic-leaning, and sometimes shortened to Cy.