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Summary
- No one named Cindy appears in the Bible, and the name has no Hebrew form or meaning.
- Cindy began as a diminutive of Cynthia, “woman from Cynthus,” a Greek title of Artemis, or of Lucinda, a name built on Lucia and the Latin lux, “light.”
- The French bishops’ website Nominis treats Cindy as short for Cinderella.
- Artemis, the goddess behind Cynthia, appears in Acts 19, where the crowd at Ephesus shouts, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- Cindy reached 19th place among American girls’ names in 1957 and 21st in France in 1984, 1985 and 1993.
- There is no Saint Cindy; Nominis links the name to Saint Cindeus, a priest martyred in Pamphylia under Diocletian.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Cindy,” “Cynthia,” “Lucinda,” “Lucia,” “Lucius” and “Cinderella,” with popularity figures for the United States (Social Security Administration) and France. https://www.behindthename.com/name/cindy
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France), “Cindy” and “Saint Cindée de Pamphylie.” https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/prenom/4645/Cindy.html
- The Roman Martyrology, English translation, 11 July (text from the Internet Archive scan “romanmartyrology00cathuoft”). https://roman-martyrology.brandt.id.au/martyrs/07-11.html
- Orthodox Church in America, “Hieromartyr Kindeos the Presbyter of Pamphylia.” https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/1952/07/11/102004-hieromartyr-kindeos-the-presbyter-of-pamphylia
- Scripture quotation: Acts 19:34, English Standard Version; Acts 19:24–34 compared in the King James Version and Reina-Valera 1960.
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