Cynthia

Where Cynthia comes from

Borrowed from Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía), feminine of Κύνθιος (Kúnthios, “Cynthian (of or pertaining to Mount Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, celebrated as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis)”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cynthia
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #197 among girls — 61 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1957
    Peak, #7
    39,340 babies named Cynthia — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #9.
  4. 1966
    Cynthia Nixon born
    American actress and politician
  5. 1987
    Cynthia Erivo born
    British actress and singer-songwriter
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Cynthia Nixon · American actress and politician, born 1966
  • Cynthia Erivo · British actress and singer-songwriter, born 1987
  • Cynthia Lennon · former wife of John Lennon, 1939–2015
  • Cynthia Watros · American actress, born 1968
  • Cynthia Rothrock · American actress and martial artist, born 1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.