Cindy

Diminutive of Cynthia or Lucinda

"little ash-girl"

Cindy Origin and Meaning

The name Cindy is a girl's name.

Cindy as a name in its own right made it into the Top 20 in 1957 and remained a Top 200 girls' name until the end of the 20th century. Although it's fallen precipitously since then and left the Top 1000 completely in 2015, Cindy remains a name commonly heard in the US. Today, though, it would more likely be attached to moms or grandmas than to babies.

Whether as a short form or a nickname used on its own, Cindy along with other popular nickname-names of its era -- Debbie, Kathy, Judy -- has faded from fashion to be replaced by the stylish nickname-names of this era, such as Ellie and Charlie.

Cindy Rank in US Top 1000

# 710 in the US

Popularity of the name Cindy

• 710 US 2014
• 1425 Nameberry 2025
• 615 Unique 2023

20 Names Similar to Cindy

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Cindy.

• Jenny
• Carol
• Tina
• Lizzie
• Krystal
• Donna
• Karen
• Cheryl
• Anne-marie
• Stacy
• Lisa
• Mindy
• Mandy
• Kimberley
• Carrie
• Debbie
• Suzanne
• Jackie
• Kim
• Toni

Famous People Named Cindy

• Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford American supermodel
• Cindy Hyde Smith, US Senator from Mississippi
• Cindy Lou Hensley McCain American businesswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, and wife of US Senator John McCain of Arizona
• Cynthia Dawn "Cindy" Margolis American actress and model
• Cynthia "Cindy" Morris Sherman American photographer & director
• Cindy Busby Canadian actress
• Cindy Blackman Santana American jazz drummer
• Cindy Valentine (born Valentine Cinzia Leone) Italian singer,songwriter
• Cindy Barshop American reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of New York")
• Cindy Lee Miller Sheehan American antiwar activist
• Cynthia Carmen "Cindy" Burbridge Bishop, Thai model and TV personality
• Cynthia Leigh "Cindy" Wilson American singer of the B,52s
• Cindy Walker American country music singer,songwriter
• Cindy Klassen Canadian Olympic speed skater
• Cynthia Jane "Cindy" Williams American actress
• Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Birdsong American singer of The Supremes
• Cindy Robinson American stage and voice actress
• Cindy Frey wife of Eagles musician Glenn Frey

The name Cindy in Pop Culture

• Cindy Brady youngest child on TV's "The Brady Bunch"
• Cindy "Mac" MacKenzie character on TV's "Veronica Mars"
• Cindy Lou Who character in Dr. Seuss Universe
• Cindy Figler from the movie "House Arrest"
• Cindy Bandolini from movie "Harvard Man"
• "Black Cindy " character on TV's Orange is the New Black
• Cindy Stone character and first victim in video game 'Ace Attorney'
• Cynthia "Cindy" Cunningham character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
• Cindy the twin of Mindy on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
• Cindy Vortex Jimmy Neutron
• Cindy Campbell character from Scary Movie
• Cindy Aurum character from Final Fantasy XV