THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Cindy
Cindy is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Cindy Kurleto, Cindy Resultay. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
Shortened from Lucinda and Cinderella. In the 20th century adopted as a pet form of Cynthia.
A diminutive of the female given name Cynthia and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name.
EnglishEtymology & source
Derived from Lucia with the suffix -inda, first used by Cervantes in Don Quixote (1605).
A female given name from Latin.
EnglishEtymology & source
From cinder + Italian -ella, as in little cinder girl. Compare French Cendrillon.
A female given name originating as a coinage.
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People with the name Cindy
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Cindy Kurleto
model, actress, and a former MTV VJ in the Philippines
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Cindy Kurleto, Cindy Resultay
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Cindy in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Cindy
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Candy♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Andy♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cina♀Short form of Eufrocina
- Pendy·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Randy♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Sandy♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Wendy♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Brandy♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Cindy?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Cindy
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q16275207 — Cindy (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Cindy Kurleto (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16275207 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Cindy Resultay (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16275207 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cindy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cindy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cindy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.