Fun Facts About the Name Cinthya
- More than 1 thousand babies named Cinthya: U.S. records list 1,807 babies given the name Cinthya from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Cinthya Mean?
Cinthya is a spelling variant of Cynthia, a name taken from the Greek epithet Kynthia (Κυνθία), which means "of Mount Kynthos" or "from Kynthos." Mount Kynthos (Latin Cynthus) stands on the island of Delos, where Greek myth places the birth of the twins Artemis and Apollo. The epithet Artemis Kynthia ties the goddess to that place, so the literal sense of the name is a woman of Kynthos. The root is the place name Kynthos itself; the earlier origin of that place name is not known. The th in Cinthya stands for the Greek letter theta in Κυνθία, the same sound the older Latin form Cynthia represents. The later idea that the name means "moon" comes from poetry, where Cynthia was used as a byname for the moon goddess; that is a customary literary association, not the name's literal etymology.
Cinthya Name History & Origins
Cynthia began as an epithet of Artemis and was borrowed into Latin as Cynthia. Roman poets used it both for the moon goddess (identified with Diana and Luna) and, in the elegies of Propertius in the first century BC, as the name of a woman he addressed in his poems. The name stayed largely poetic and learned in Europe until the Renaissance, when it became familiar in English literature: Edmund Spenser calls Elizabeth I "Cynthia" in The Faerie Queene, Walter Ralegh's poem "The Ocean to Cynthia" uses the same name for her, and Ben Jonson titled a play Cynthia's Revels (1600). From that poetic currency the name passed into ordinary use in England, appearing as a given name in the 17th century.
Cinthya is one of several respelled forms that preserve the Greek th, alongside Cinthia and Cintia. In Spanish the usual form is Cintia, while Cinthia and Cinthya occur as alternative spellings in Spain, Latin America, and English-speaking countries. Cinthya itself has no separate origin or independent history; it is a variant spelling of Cynthia, and its development follows that of the parent name rather than adding a distinct tradition of its own.
How Popular is the Name Cinthya?
Cinthya 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 2005. Its best rank was #1,933 in 1994.
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 | #8,475 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #11,293 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #8,579 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #12,477 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #12,418 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #12,728 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #9,976 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #7,939 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #12,026 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #7,353 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #7,388 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #5,353 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #5,749 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2011 | #4,710 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2010 | #4,041 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2009 | #3,632 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2008 | #3,000 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2007 | #2,721 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2006 | #2,311 | 82 | 0.0043% |
| 2005 | #2,188 | 84 | 0.0045% |
| 2004 | #2,561 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #2,148 | 81 | 0.0044% |
| 2002 | #2,290 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2001 | #2,386 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 2000 | #2,285 | 68 | 0.0037% |
| 1999 | #2,118 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 1998 | #2,375 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 1997 | #2,488 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 1996 | #2,000 | 70 | 0.0040% |
| 1995 | #2,315 | 57 | 0.0032% |
| 1994 | #1,933 | 73 | 0.0041% |
| 1993 | #2,242 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 1992 | #2,437 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 1991 | #2,116 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 1990 | #2,322 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 1989 | #3,057 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1988 | #4,197 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #4,320 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1986 | #4,220 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1985 | #3,875 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #5,972 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #4,928 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #4,199 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #4,570 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #6,388 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #6,283 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #6,487 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #7,698 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #6,139 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #7,296 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #7,864 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #6,794 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #4,567 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1971 | #5,185 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #4,808 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1966 | #5,916 | 6 | 0.0004% |
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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