Cindy

English Alternative forms en Cindi Cindie Cyndi Cyndie Cyndy Etymology Shortened from en Lucinda and en Cinderella. In the 20th century adopted as a pet form of en Cynthia. Pronunciation en /ˈsɪndi/ US,Canada en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cindy.wav Southern England Proper noun s ies en female Cynthia and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name. en 1849 Godey's Magazine 39 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. en 1870 w:George Cruikshank George Cruikshank's Fairy Library 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?" en 1999 w:Ed McBain The Big Bad City Simon and Schuster 0671025694 139 Her twin daughters were on the playground equipment. Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. en 2010 James Robertson And the Land Lay Still Hamish Hamilton 9780241143568 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.' en Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot goes on an antisemitic rant w:Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-x-grok-antisemitic-rant-sterotyping-jews-praising-hitler-2025-7 2025-07-08 A woman using the byline Cindy Steinberg has previously published Substack posts under the username "Radical Reflections." However, it's unclear if the woman in the TikTok screenshot is the same person or whether she has made any public comments celebrating or otherwise dismissing the Texas floods, which have left over 100 people dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20260302012733/https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-x-grok-antisemitic-rant-sterotyping-jews-praising-hitler-2025-7 2 March 2026 Usage notes Popular given name in the U.S.A. in the 1950s. Anagrams en cdiny Cyndi