Cindy
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English
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Etymology
Shortened from Lucinda and Cinderella. In the 20th century adopted as a pet form of Cynthia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cindy
- A diminutive of the female given name Cynthia and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name.
- 1849, Godey's Magazine, volume 39, page 55:
- Cindy came in lugging my trunk, assisted by an elderly servant-woman - - - ["]You may go, Tabitha, to your spinning, and you, Lucinda, bring up a pitcher of water for Miss Mary," said Mrs. Hardinge.
- 1870, George Cruikshank, George Cruikshank's Fairy Library, page 10:
- Now, you must know that Cinderella had a godmother, - - - . The little old lady sat down upon a small log of wood on the opposite side, and said ,― "Why, Cindy, my darling, you have been crying?"
- 2010, James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 95:
- 'Cindy sounds nice.' 'She is.' 'Is that her real name? Like the doll?' 'Aye, but with a C. C-I-N-D-Y.' 'Isn't that how the doll's spelled?' 'No, the doll has an S.'
Usage notes
- Popular given name in the U.S.A. in the 1950s.