Cynthia

Cynthia is a Latinized form of the Greek name Kynthia, meaning "woman from Kynthos," derived from Mount Kynthos on the island of Delos, the mythological birthplace of the goddess Artemis and her twin brother Apollo. As an epithet of Artemis, goddess of the moon and the hunt, the name carried strong lunar associations in classical literature and was used by Roman poets such as Propertius to address the moon itself. It entered English use during the Renaissance as part of a broader revival of classical names, and the 16th-century poets also applied it to Queen Elizabeth I. Variant forms and cognates include Cynthie, Cindy, and the original Greek Kynthia.