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.

# 710 in the US

Cindy Rank in US Top 1000

Cindy Popularity

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

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