Cynia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cynia by the numbers

Cynia was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 27 babies in 2009, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Cynia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cynia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cyniah8 in the US (2017)
  • Cynthiafrom Mount Cynthus; epithet of Artemis460 in the US (2017)
  • Celiaheavenly or of the sky; a form of Caelia317 in the US (2017)
  • Cyndimoon; a form of Cynthia11 in the US (2017)
  • Catiapure; a form of Catarina or Cathy10 in the US (2017)
  • Cybilprophetess; a form of Sibyl8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cynia

Names that are said the same way as Cynia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Siennareddish-brown earth; the city of Siena1,530 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sienareddish-brown earth pigment; place name454 in the US (2017)
  • Cianaancient; a form of Cian50 in the US (2017)
  • Siennahreddish-brown earth; variant spelling of Sienna7 in the US (2017)
  • Cienna21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sianna16 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Cynia

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