Kyrie comes from the Greek kyrios — lord — and for most of its history lived inside liturgy: Kyrie eleison, Lord have mercy, the opening plea of the Christian mass, set to music by Bach, Mozart, and Palestrina. Then NBA point guard Kyrie Irving arrived, pronouncing it KY-ree, and the name left the cathedral for the hardwood. It broke into the U.S. top 1,000 for boys in 2012, his rookie year, and has climbed ever since. Two crisp syllables, sacred on the page and athletic in the air. A name balanced between incense and sneaker-squeak.
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- Louis
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