How do you pronounce the surname CHIRILLO?

[missjessie]

Anyone know the correct pronuncation? I've heard a couple things. Not sure which is correct.

[ricbru]

You prounounce CHIRILLO this way=KIRILLO

bye Riccardo

[elba]

richbru is right. Kirillo is the correct pronunciation...

Unless you are writing it phonetically - in which case the 'CH' would be shown thus...Cirillo

elba

[suanj]

Personally, I think that missjessie mean Chirillo pronunciation as CIRILLO in italian(CHEE -REE-LLO).. suanj
PS:
CHIRILLO italian=KIRILLO english
CHIRILLO english= CHEE -REE-LLO ( as italian Cirillo)

[missjessie]

Thanks for the replies. Chirillo was my grandmother's maiden name. My mother thought it was pronounced Sha-rill-Oh. But, then I heard Kirillo and Chee-rillo so I wasn't sure.

Does anyone know the meaning of the name? I can't find anything on it.

[jcsm400]

Name History and Origin for chirillo


First Name

Last Name


Last Name
chirillo
status name for the heir to an important estate, a pet form of Chiro, from Greek kleros ‘inheritance’, ‘legacy’.
nickname from Calabrian chirillo ‘piglet’, a derivative of Greek khoiros.
altered spelling of Cirillo.

[missjessie]

Thank You for finding that! I must have missed it.

[MaxIT]

Right prononciation is

kiriillo

Bye,

[katchi]

This is my surname... and we have been pronouncing it:


shir ill o

[johnnyonthespot]

My, such an old thread!

You may want to try here: http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php

and try "Birillo" here: http://www.vocabolaudio.com/it/birillo (replace the first syllable with "key")

[jamiecapaldi]

Chirillo is found;

Gizzeria Catanzaro (CZ) Calabria
Motta Santa Lucia Catanzaro (CZ) Calabria
Rose Cosenza (CS) Calabria
Pedivigliano Cosenza (CS) Calabria
Sambiase Di Lamezia Terme Catanzaro (CZ) Calabria

and as above, pronounced 'ki - ree - llo'

[johnnyonthespot]

Chirillo is found;

Gizzeria Catanzaro (CZ) Calabria
Motta Santa Lucia Catanzaro (CZ) Calabria
Rose Cosenza (CS) Calabria
Pedivigliano Cosenza (CS) Calabria
Sambiase Di Lamezia Terme Catanzaro (CZ) Calabria

and as above, pronounced 'ki - ree - llo'

It bears pointing out that speakers of American English pronounce the letter "i" in most cases as they would when referring to themselves with the pronoun, I. So, "ki" looks like ki in kite, that thing that children fly on a breezy day.

In Italian, the letter "i" is usually pronounced as the English long "e": key, cheat, cheese, me, and so on.

[jamiecapaldi]

Carmine, you are right! Ta.

kee!