Fun Facts About the Name Cinder
- 69 babies named Cinder: U.S. records list 69 babies given the name Cinder from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Cinder Mean?
Cinder is an English word name taken from the common noun cinder, meaning a piece of partly burnt coal or wood that no longer flames but may still smolder. The noun descends from Old English sinder, which referred to slag or dross - the impurities separated from metal in a forge - and is related to Germanic forms such as German Sinter. The modern spelling with an initial c arose through association with the unrelated French cendre (ash), from Latin cinis; that French and Latin word is not the true root of the English term. Any suggestion of warmth, fire, or transformation is a symbolic reading rather than part of the word's literal meaning.
Cinder Name History & Origins
As a personal name, Cinder is uncommon and belongs to the class of English word names adopted directly from ordinary vocabulary. The underlying word is old: Old English sinder is recorded in the sense of slag or dross, and the modern form cinder developed in the early modern period, when the spelling with an initial c appeared under the influence of French cendre. Readers often connect the name with Cinderella, the ash-covered heroine of the fairy tale, whose English name comes from French Cendrillon, a diminutive of cendre (ash). That connection is literary rather than etymological: Cinderella is a related name, not the source of Cinder, and the two forms developed separately.
How Popular is the Name Cinder?
Cinder has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #5,145 in 1953.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,422 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #13,796 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #15,625 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #11,591 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #14,182 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #13,028 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #12,783 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #5,967 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #6,403 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #5,314 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1953 | #5,145 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #5,553 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Cinder Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are cheerful and friendly, but are apt to have an emotional life. You like to have several lines of effort going at once. You are a good talker and promoter and seldom worry over anything. At times, you can be impatient, and impulsive. You have the ability to bring an idea to completion. You can express yourself joyously and constructively. You might be psychic, but not know it. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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