Cynda
Feminine · “A short form of Cynthia”
Cynda is a short form that keeps the y of Cynthia, and Cynthia is a name with a long literary life: the first word of the first book by the Roman love poet Propertius. Two syllables, soft and even, a mid-century American shortening of a classical name.
How old is the name Cynda?
Cynda first appears in US birth records in 1940 — 85 years ago. The typical Cynda alive today was born around 1957, making them about 68 years old. About 500 people named Cynda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cynda most popular?
Cynda peaked in 1947, reaching #1661 nationally. See the whole 1947 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Kynthia to Cynda
The story of Cynda
Cynthia was a Greek epithet of Artemis, and Roman poets used it as a name for the women they wrote to. The Augustan poet Propertius opened his first book of elegies with it: the very first word is Cynthia, the woman who, he says, caught him first with her eyes. English took Cynthia up as a given name from the Renaissance on, and twentieth-century American families shortened it to Cindy, Cinda and Cynda. The y is the telling letter: Cinda can come from Lucinda as easily as from Cynthia, but Cynda keeps the Greek spelling and points in only one direction.
Meaning
A short form of Cynthia, 'of Mount Kynthos'
Cynthia was a title of the goddess Artemis, born on Mount Kynthos on Delos. The y in Cynda points back to Cynthia rather than to Lucinda.
How the name formed
- Kynthia
- Cynthia
- Cynda
Related forms: Cynthia · Kynthia · Cinda
Pronouncing Cynda
SIN-duh
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Cynda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1940
- Most girls named
- 194733 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1661reached in 1947
- Change vs 1995
- −16.7%5 in 1999, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cynda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cynthia in English — related form
- Kynthia in Greek — related form
- Cinda in English — spelling variant
Cyndas among us
people named Cynda are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Cynda sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Linked clearly to Cynthia, a name with a documented classical history.
- Short and easy to say.
- Rare, so a Cynda is unlikely to meet another.
- People will expect Cinda or Cindy and may spell it with an i.
- Some will assume it is a nickname and ask for the full name.
- It reads as a mid-century name, which some families count as charm.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cyndas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Cynda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cynda in 2025?
- Cynda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cynda with classmates?
- Cynda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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