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Meaning of the nameCynthia

Cynthia 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 Cynthia is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Cynthia

People (2022)
7,019
Rank in Brazil
#2,166
Median age
39 years
2010 Census
4,833
people

Cynthia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cynthia, 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 (2,242 people).

7,002 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 Cynthia is most common

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

  1. Distrito Federal 0.008%
  2. Rio Grande do Norte 0.006%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.006%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.005%
  5. Pernambuco 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,6850.004%
Minas Gerais1,1250.006%
Rio de Janeiro7710.005%
Pernambuco4320.005%
Paraná3830.003%
Goiás2880.004%
Santa Catarina2270.003%
Distrito Federal2160.008%
Ceará1950.002%
Rio Grande do Norte1880.006%
Bahia1860.001%
Pará1810.002%
Paraíba1590.004%
Rio Grande do Sul1510.001%
Espírito Santo1400.004%
Alagoas1100.004%
Maranhão1050.002%
Sergipe870.004%
Amazonas780.002%
Piauí780.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul770.003%
Mato Grosso560.002%
Tocantins410.003%
Roraima200.003%
Amapá170.002%

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

The spelling Cynthia

Spelling with y and th, recorded by Wiktionary as an alternative form of Cíntia.

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 Cynthia

What does the name Cynthia mean?

Cynthia 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 Cynthia is a spelling.

How many people are named Cynthia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,019 people with the first name Cynthia, which ranks it number 2,166 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Cynthia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,002 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Cynthia?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cynthia most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.008% of the state's population is named Cynthia (216 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cynthia?

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

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