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Meaning of the nameCinthya

Cinthya is a spelling of the name Cíntia, which means “woman of Cynthus, a mountain on the island of Delos”.

Meaning

“woman of Cynthus, a mountain on the island of Delos”

Meaning of the name Cíntia, of which Cinthya is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Cynthia

People (2022)
2,664
Rank in Brazil
#4,221
Median age
33 years
2010 Census
1,593
people

Cinthya in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cinthya, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (860 people).

2,649 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Cinthya is most common

States with the highest share of people named Cinthya in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Paraíba 0.003%
  2. Rio Grande do Norte 0.003%
  3. Pernambuco 0.002%
  4. Goiás 0.002%
  5. Ceará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5610.001%
Rio de Janeiro2150.001%
Pernambuco2090.002%
Minas Gerais1990.001%
Ceará1470.002%
Paraíba1370.003%
Goiás1310.002%
Paraná1120.001%
Rio Grande do Norte1080.003%
Pará990.001%
Bahia880.001%
Alagoas880.003%
Maranhão800.001%
Distrito Federal710.003%
Espírito Santo670.002%
Santa Catarina660.001%
Piauí490.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul400.002%
Rio Grande do Sul380.000%
Tocantins350.002%
Mato Grosso340.001%
Amazonas330.001%
Sergipe200.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Cinthya

Joins the th to the final y.

About the name Cíntia

Cíntia comes from ancient Greek, through Latin Cynthia, and corresponds to English Cynthia. Behind the Name explains Kynthía as 'woman of Cynthus', the mountain on the island of Delos where Artemis and Apollo were born, and says it was an epithet of Artemis; Wiktionary records Cynthia also as a poetic name for the Moon. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 118,453 people named Cíntia, with a median age of 36 and the largest number born in the 1980s; proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro. The variants differ by the accent, by the th and by the use of y.

Other spellings of Cíntia

SpellingPeople (2022)
Cíntia118,453
Cinthia16,908
Cynthia7,019
Cyntia3,366
Cinthya2,664
Cintya1,704

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Cynthia · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Cíntia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Cynthia · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Cinthya

What does the name Cinthya mean?

Cinthya means “woman of Cynthus, a mountain on the island of Delos”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Cíntia, of which Cinthya is a spelling.

How many people are named Cinthya in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,664 people with the first name Cinthya, which ranks it number 4,221 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Cinthya a boy's or a girl's name?

Cinthya is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,649 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Cinthya?

Cinthya is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cinthya most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.003% of the state's population is named Cinthya (137 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cinthya?

Cíntia, Cinthia, Cynthia, Cyntia and Cintya. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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