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Cynthia

Usually a girl's name

Meaning
Greek Kynthia, a title of Artemis, from Mount Kynthos on Delos Well attested

Often linked with the moon: poets also used it as a name for the moon, but the name comes from the mountain.

Origin
Greek
Popularity

US 2025: #1014 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #2138

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.

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