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Meaning of the nameCyntia

Cyntia 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 Cyntia is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Cynthia

People (2022)
3,366
Rank in Brazil
#3,587
Median age
38 years
2010 Census
2,471
people

Cyntia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cyntia, 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 (1,140 people).

3,356 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 Cyntia is most common

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

  1. Distrito Federal 0.004%
  2. Espírito Santo 0.003%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.002%
  5. Goiás 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6890.002%
Minas Gerais4770.002%
Rio de Janeiro3870.002%
Paraná2190.002%
Pernambuco1580.002%
Goiás1460.002%
Ceará1450.002%
Santa Catarina1290.002%
Espírito Santo1140.003%
Bahia1130.001%
Pará1130.001%
Distrito Federal1000.004%
Rio Grande do Sul720.001%
Rio Grande do Norte660.002%
Maranhão650.001%
Paraíba650.002%
Mato Grosso470.001%
Amazonas460.001%
Alagoas430.001%
Piauí420.001%
Sergipe380.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul370.001%
Tocantins180.001%

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

The spelling Cyntia

Has y at the start and a single t, without the h.

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 Cyntia

What does the name Cyntia mean?

Cyntia 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 Cyntia is a spelling.

How many people are named Cyntia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,366 people with the first name Cyntia, which ranks it number 3,587 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Cyntia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,356 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Cyntia?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cyntia most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.004% of the state's population is named Cyntia (100 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cyntia?

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

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