Name: Cynthia
Gender: Female
Usage: Cynthia is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Cynthia are in general originating from Belgium, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Cynthia across the world, see Kynthia.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Cynthia is: The moon personified.
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Numerology of the first name Cynthia: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Cynthia is ranked on the 253rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2369300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.033% of the population. The name Cynthia has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Cynthia for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Cynthia is a feminine given name of Greek origin: Κυνθία, Kynthía, "from Mount Cynthus" on Delos island. It can be abbreviated as Cindy or as Cyndy. There are various spellings for this name.
Cynthia was originally an epithet of the Greek goddess of the moon, Artemis, who according to legend, was born on Mount Cynthus. Selene, the Greek personification of the Moon, and the Roman Diana (by way of their identification with Artemis) were also sometimes called "Cynthia".
English: from Greek Kynthia, an epithet applied to the goddess Artemis, who was supposed to have been born on Mount Kynthos on the island of Delos. The mountain name is of pre-Greek origin. Cynthia was later used by the Roman poet Propertius as the name of the woman to whom he addressed his love poetry. The English given name was not used in the Middle Ages, but dates from the classical revival of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Cognate: Italian: Cinzia.
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9 July 2017
I have always heard that Cynthia is the moon, a reflection of the Sun. I hope I reflect the SON
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