Cynthia

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Gender Female Meaning from Mount Cynthus		Word/name Greek
Related names Cindy, Cyndi, Cyndy, Cindi, Sindy, Synthia, Cinthia, Cintia, Cinzia, Syendy

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".

People with the given name Cynthia (or a variant thereof)

Cynthia or Cindy Bremser (born 1953), American runner

Cintia Dicker (born 1986), Brazilian model

Cynthia Dobrinski (born 1950), handbell composer

Cynthia Gibb (born 1963), American actress

Cynthia Glassman, American economist

Cynthia Gregory (born 1946), American ballerina

Cynthia or Cindy Greiner (born 1957), American heptathlete and long jumper

Cynthia Herrup, American law historian

Cynthia Kenyon, American molecular biologist

Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, American ethnomusicologist

Cynthia Lennon (1939-2015), first wife of musician John Lennon

Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), American musician and LGBT rights activist.

Cynthia McKinney (born 1955), American politician

Cynthia, Christian name of Saori Minami (born 1954), Japanese singer

Lady Cynthia Mosley (1898–1933), British politician

Cynthia Nilson, Argentinian singer and songwriter

Cynthia Nixon (born 1966), American actress

Cynthia Olavarría (born 1982), Puerto Rican model

Cynthia Ortega (born 1956), Dutch politician

Cynthia Ozick (born 1928), American writer

Cynthia Richards (born 1944), Jamaican singer

Cynthia Deyanira Rodríguez Ruiz (born 1984), Mexican reality TV personality

Cynthia Rothrock (born 1957), American martial artist and actress

Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer

Cynthia Ryder (born 1966), American rower

Amy Elizabeth Thorpe (1910–1963), an American spy codenamed "Cynthia"

Cynthia (Todino), American freestyle singer

Cynthia Valdez (born 1987), Mexican rhythmic gymnast

Cynthia Watros (born 1968), American actress

Cynthia Weil (born 1940), American songwriter

Cynthia Wesley (born 1949), a victim of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Cynthia Woodhead, American athlete

Fictional characters

Cynthia, with certain Sonnets, and the legend of Cassandra, panegyric by Richard Barnfield (1574–1620)

Cynthia’s Revels, play by Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

Cynthia (Pokémon), champion of the Sinnoh region in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum

Cynthia Brisby, a young mouse in the 1982 film The Secret of NIMH

Cynthia Murdoch, character in Agatha Christie's 1916 mystery novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Cynthia Brandon, younger mortal sister of Alice Cullen, a vampire in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series

Cynthia, Angelica's doll on the cartoon Rugrats

Synthia Schmidt, aka Sin (Marvel Comics), comic book supervillainess

Cynthia was a plaster mannequin of the 1930s created by Lester Gaba.

Cynthia is a playable character in Fire Emblem Awakening

Cynthia Muldoon, character in Tom Stoppard's play The Real Inspector Hound

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People with the given name Cynthia (or a variant thereof)

Fictional characters

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