Cindy - Name Meaning and Origin

The girl's name Cindy \ci(n)-dy\ is pronounced SIN-dee. It is of English origin. Originally a pet form of Cynthia (Greek) "from Mount Kynthos", and less often, of Lucinda (Latin) "light". Now commonly used as an independent name. It is sometimes used as a short form of the unrelated fairy-tale heroine's name Cinderella. Model Cindy Crawford; singer Cyndi Lauper.

Cindy has 17 variant forms: Cinda, Cindee, Cindel, Cindi, Cindia, Cindie, Cyndee, Cyndi, Cyndie, Cyndy, Sindee, Sindi, Sindie, Sindy, Syndi, Syndie and Syndy.

Baby names that sound like Cindy are Sandy, Sindya, Cynda, Cinthy and Zandy.

Cindy is a very popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Cindy. Click here to compare Cindy with related baby names.