Cyr Family History
Cyr Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Cyr Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Cyr Family Origin
Cyr Emigration Information (US)
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Cyr Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cyr census records
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