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Meaning of the nameCíntia

Cíntia is a feminine name of Greek origin, from Kynthía, 'woman of Cynthus', a mountain on Delos linked to Artemis; Cynthia is the English form.

Meaning

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

Source: Behind the Name: Cynthia

People (2022)
118,453
Rank in Brazil
#276
Median age
36 years
2010 Census
131,925
people

Cíntia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cíntia, 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 (50,841 people).

118,050 women 403 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 Cíntia is most common

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

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.093%
  2. São Paulo 0.074%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.072%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.070%
  5. Distrito Federal 0.059%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo32,7000.074%
Rio de Janeiro14,8950.093%
Minas Gerais14,4560.070%
Rio Grande do Sul7,8630.072%
Bahia6,8580.049%
Paraná6,1750.054%
Pernambuco4,8530.054%
Santa Catarina4,4620.059%
Goiás3,6210.051%
Ceará3,0080.034%
Pará2,9980.037%
Espírito Santo1,9710.051%
Maranhão1,8010.027%
Amazonas1,7040.043%
Distrito Federal1,6610.059%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,5120.055%
Mato Grosso1,2850.035%
Rio Grande do Norte1,2000.036%
Alagoas1,1030.035%
Paraíba9740.025%
Sergipe8430.038%
Piauí7990.024%
Rondônia5930.038%
Tocantins4790.032%
Amapá2710.037%
Acre1840.022%
Roraima1840.029%

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

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.

Portuguese spelling with an accent on the í and the most common in the group; Wiktionary gives the hyphenation Cín-ti-a. The acute accent marks the stressed syllable; IBGE counts the name without the accent.

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 Cíntia

What does the name Cíntia mean?

Cíntia means “woman of Cynthus, a mountain on the island of Delos”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cíntia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 118,453 people with the first name Cíntia, which ranks it number 276 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Cíntia a boy's or a girl's name?

Cíntia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 118,050 women and 403 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cíntia?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cíntia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.093% of the state's population is named Cíntia (14,895 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cíntia?

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

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