Cynthia Forename
388th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,735,516 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Dominica
Cynthia Forename Definition:
A female name. One of the titles of Artemis, meaning ‘of (Mt) Cynthus’. English writers in the later Middle Ages, Struggling to spell Sanchia (q.v.), sometimes turned it into Cynthia, but the name was not really used until the Renaissance.
Read More About This ForenameCynthia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 876,315 | 1:414 | 59 |
| Kenya | 100% | 130,684 | 1:354 | 55 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 82,287 | 1:2,158 | 402 |
| South Africa | 100% | 80,330 | 1:679 | 56 |
| Ghana | 99% | 74,390 | 1:363 | 67 |
| Philippines | 99% | 63,139 | 1:1,679 | 353 |
| Mexico | 100% | 62,580 | 1:1,984 | 317 |
| Canada | 100% | 27,428 | 1:1,208 | 275 |
| England | 100% | 27,324 | 1:2,035 | 340 |
| Malawi | 99% | 20,200 | 1:847 | 180 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 17,534 | 1:1,348 | 317 |
| Brazil | 100% | 17,438 | 1:12,286 | 1,300 |
| Peru | 100% | 17,366 | 1:1,831 | 360 |
| Burundi | 100% | 13,758 | 1:720 | 224 |
| Zambia | - | 12,941 | 1:1,225 | 271 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11,905 | 1:1,420 | 294 |
| Argentina | 100% | 11,733 | 1:3,646 | 375 |
| Chile | 100% | 11,697 | 1:1,505 | 257 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 11,624 | 1:623 | 132 |
| Central African Republic | - | 10,376 | 1:435 | 180 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 9,223 | 1:27,970 | 3,807 |
| Jamaica | - | 9,209 | 1:313 | 34 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9,133 | 1:389 | 82 |
| France | 100% | 8,602 | 1:7,727 | 560 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 6,526 | 1:1,742 | 378 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 5,403 | 1:2,855 | 513 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5,184 | 1:851 | 165 |
| Ecuador | - | 4,881 | 1:3,632 | 474 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4,089 | 1:2,551 | 409 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,884 | 1:1,228 | 251 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,760 | 1:12,375 | 857 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,612 | 1:3,181 | 589 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 3,524 | 1:8,641 | 1,000 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,398 | 1:4,002 | 601 |
| Australia | - | 3,155 | 1:4,329 | 602 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,806 | 1:671 | 130 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,516 | 1:541 | 56 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,468 | 1:8,756 | 1,110 |
| India | 100% | 2,439 | 1:498,105 | 40,081 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,273 | 1:13,556 | 1,903 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2,202 | 1:10,480 | 1,120 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,108 | 1:75,646 | 5,664 |
| Congo | 100% | 2,059 | 1:2,433 | 386 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,014 | 1:1,536 | 319 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 1,958 | 1:37,706 | 2,650 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1,601 | 1:3,515 | 587 |
| Namibia | - | 1,584 | 1:1,518 | 308 |
| Togo | - | 1,566 | 1:4,623 | 771 |
| China | - | 1,511 | 1:904,074 | 33,192 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,508 | 1:5,406 | 571 |
| Barbados | - | 1,494 | 1:194 | 20 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,421 | 1:68,035 | 1,686 |
| Guatemala | 97% | 1,420 | 1:11,344 | 938 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,371 | 1:7,824 | 939 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,288 | 1:16,148 | 2,229 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,240 | 1:322 | 52 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,217 | 1:454 | 39 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,186 | 1:25,465 | 1,966 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,185 | 1:44,547 | 3,408 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Swaziland | - | 1,076 | 1:1,208 | 293 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,065 | 1:3,668 | 683 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,029 | 1:2,123 | 375 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,028 | 1:8,577 | 903 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,019 | 1:90,187 | 4,233 |
| Uganda | 100% | 989 | 1:41,412 | 2,617 |
| New Zealand | - | 977 | 1:4,643 | 669 |
| Thailand | 100% | 965 | 1:72,607 | 6,867 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 872 | 1:12,158 | 1,137 |
| Singapore | 100% | 849 | 1:7,405 | 1,374 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 836 | 1:9,825 | 995 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 769 | 1:7,826 | 926 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 735 | 1:4,663 | 469 |
| Scotland | 100% | 691 | 1:7,743 | 608 |
| Dominica | - | 619 | 1:122 | 25 |
| Hong Kong | - | 582 | 1:13,321 | 1,209 |
| Fiji | - | 575 | 1:1,552 | 418 |
| Qatar | 100% | 570 | 1:4,157 | 646 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 546 | 1:3,376 | 456 |
| Malta | - | 455 | 1:944 | 210 |
| Ireland | 100% | 454 | 1:10,228 | 720 |
| Italy | 100% | 452 | 1:135,093 | 2,242 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 442 | 1:402 | 37 |
| Poland | 100% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Vanuatu | - | 371 | 1:706 | 186 |
| Morocco | - | 355 | 1:96,757 | 3,231 |
| Belize | 100% | 338 | 1:1,048 | 207 |
| Guyana | 100% | 332 | 1:2,299 | 450 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 325 | 1:831 | 189 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 324 | 1:1,793 | 322 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 314 | 1:350 | 34 |
| Grenada | 100% | 289 | 1:374 | 36 |
| Sweden | 100% | 284 | 1:34,711 | 2,052 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 265 | 1:2,128 | 330 |
| Micronesia | - | 258 | 1:413 | 76 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 245 | 1:347 | 107 |
| Portugal | - | 240 | 1:43,379 | 1,571 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 240 | 1:465 | 24 |
| Guam | - | 237 | 1:678 | 128 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 236 | 1:421 | 30 |
| Oman | - | 233 | 1:17,634 | 1,570 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Benin | 100% | 208 | 1:50,845 | 3,963 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 196 | 1:795 | 243 |
| Romania | 100% | 193 | 1:103,896 | 4,537 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 162 | 1:146,726 | 14,923 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 149 | 1:123,352 | 6,313 |
| Japan | - | 149 | 1:858,967 | 14,128 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 142 | 1:386 | 35 |
| French Polynesia | - | 141 | 1:1,971 | 444 |
| Bermuda | - | 133 | 1:487 | 72 |
| El Salvador | - | 133 | 1:47,683 | 1,555 |
| Gibraltar | - | 131 | 1:261 | 37 |
| Aruba | - | 125 | 1:830 | 155 |
| Colombia | 100% | 120 | 1:398,158 | 6,874 |
| Norway | 100% | 118 | 1:43,494 | 1,896 |
| Brunei | - | 111 | 1:3,780 | 392 |
| Austria | 100% | 108 | 1:78,835 | 1,882 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 97 | 1:2,003,687 | 27,346 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 88 | 1:355 | 21 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 85 | 1:10,248 | 894 |
| Denmark | - | 83 | 1:68,066 | 2,298 |
| Israel | 98% | 82 | 1:102,475 | 4,403 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 75 | 1:817 | 165 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 75 | 1:729 | 130 |
| Mauritius | - | 73 | 1:17,778 | 1,842 |
| Greece | 100% | 65 | 1:168,224 | 3,689 |
| Jersey | - | 65 | 1:1,538 | 313 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 61 | 1:569 | 96 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 46 | 1:155,478 | 10,347 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:1,164 | 143 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| South Korea | 100% | 35 | 1:158,412 | 6,684 |
| Hungary | 100% | 32 | 1:305,993 | 1,364 |
| Czechia | 100% | 31 | 1:343,747 | 2,102 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 29 | 1:457 | 30 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Finland | 100% | 22 | 1:249,236 | 3,896 |
| Macau | - | 22 | 1:27,646 | 425 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 21 | 1:97,143 | 8,397 |
| Russia | 100% | 20 | 1:7,211,685 | 30,794 |
| Georgia | - | 18 | 1:207,693 | 5,544 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Iceland | - | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Monaco | 100% | 17 | 1:2,263 | 456 |
| Senegal | 100% | 17 | 1:857,727 | 8,623 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Afghanistan | - | 15 | 1:2,174,901 | 18,600 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 15 | 1:35,277 | 1,962 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 15 | 1:389 | 108 |
| Cuba | - | 14 | 1:821,897 | 3,432 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 14 | 1:451 | 127 |
| Montserrat | - | 12 | 1:406 | 30 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Myanmar | - | 10 | 1:5,194,827 | 1,419 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Cambodia | - | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Jordan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 8 | 1:307,345 | 4,581 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Algeria | 100% | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 5 | 1:38,399 | 2,673 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Armenia | - | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
The alternate forms: Cynthía (1) are calculated separately.
Cynthia (8,838) may also be a surname.
Cynthia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. One of the titles of Artemis, meaning ‘of (Mt) Cynthus’. English writers in the later Middle Ages, Struggling to spell Sanchia (q.v.), sometimes turned it into Cynthia, but the name was not really used until the Renaissance. It occurs from time to time in the 17th and 18th C and Mrs Gaskell gave it to one of the characters in her novel Wives and Daughters (1866). GMY (1860) describes it as ‘name of girls in America’. About the end of the 19th C it suddenly became fashionable in England for a time.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The goddess Artemis (Diana) was so called because she was born at Mt. Cynthus in Delos, the smallest of the Cyclades in the Ægean Sea. The name is, or was, a favourite with the lyric and pastoral poets of Europe.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Found as a female name in the parish registers of Northampton. From Cynthia, a name of Diana; so called from Mount Cynthus, where she was born.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Greek name, meaning: From Mt. Cynthus, signifying lofty.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Cynthia Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 13 (1901)
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