title: Kyriakos (name)
text: # Kyriakos (name)
  
  Kyriakos (Greek: Κυριάκος) is the name of Christian saint Cyriacus the Anchorite (or Kyriakos).
  
  An alternative transliteration and spelling is Kyriacos and Cyriacus. A similar surname, which is Kyriakos in the genitive, is Kyriakou.
  
  Other people with the name include:
  
  ## People with the given name
  
  * Kyriakos of Makuria, ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria in 8th century
  * Kyriakos Mavronikolas (born 1955), Cypriot politician and government minister
  * Kyriakos Mitsotakis (born 1968), Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece
  * Kyriakos Onisiforou (born 1951), Cypriot-born Greek sprinter
  * Kyriakos Papachronis (born 1960), also known as the "Ogre of Drama" (ο δράκος της Δράμας), a Greek serial killer
  * Kyriakos Papadopoulos (born 1992), Greek footballer
  * Kyriakos Pittakis (1798–1863), Greek archaeologist
  * Kyriakos Tamvakis (born 1950), Greek theoretical physicist
  * Kyriakos Velopoulos (born 1965), Greek politician and MP
  
  ## People with the surname
  
  * Anastasios Kyriakos (born 1978), Greek footballer
  * Diomidis Kyriakos, a Greek vice-admiral who was killed in the siege of Messolonghi
  