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Meaning of the nameCintya

Cintya 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 Cintya is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Cynthia

People (2022)
1,704
Rank in Brazil
#5,724
Median age
35 years
2010 Census
1,311
people

Cintya in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cintya, 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 (622 people).

1,696 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 Cintya is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.001%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3350.001%
Minas Gerais2150.001%
Rio de Janeiro1290.001%
Pernambuco1100.001%
Paraná1040.001%
Ceará900.001%
Goiás840.001%
Pará740.001%
Santa Catarina610.001%
Rio Grande do Norte490.002%
Distrito Federal490.002%
Paraíba460.001%
Bahia420.000%
Espírito Santo420.001%
Maranhão400.001%
Rio Grande do Sul350.000%
Amazonas330.001%
Alagoas310.001%
Mato Grosso290.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul250.001%
Piauí210.001%
Tocantins160.001%
Sergipe150.001%

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

The spelling Cintya

Has a single t and y before the final vowel.

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 Cintya

What does the name Cintya mean?

Cintya 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 Cintya is a spelling.

How many people are named Cintya in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,704 people with the first name Cintya, which ranks it number 5,724 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Cintya is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,696 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Cintya?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cintya most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.001% of the state's population is named Cintya (110 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cintya?

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

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