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Not a fan. It's outdated and boring.

It's cute and approachable but also kind of dippy and ditzy. I like it better than grim, hissing Cynthia.
I always thought that Barbie looked much more like a Cindy than a Barbara or Barbie.

I like it alright. I had a friend in high school named Cindy.
I think it's one of those midcentury-ish no-nonsense type names - but not sweet. It has a smart, sassy vibe.
Like Joanie, Jeannie, Janet, Ginny, Sandy, Jackie, Angie, Gail, Rita, Wendy.
I think it can be a little childish, so would not fit just anybody - so I'd prefer it as a nickname rather than a full name.

I once owned a pedigreed cat. This critter had to have a name that began with L, so I went for Lucinda and called her Cindy. Her eyes were wide and slanting and she always looked as if she was up to something, so anything that sounded like Sin would have worked.

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So it's not altogether human to me. I knew someone at school who had a little sister named Lucinda but called Cindy "because", she explained, "we couldn't call her Lucy!" It turned out that they thought Lucy was a very beautiful name - so do I - and that this sister was the only plain member of the family (four sisters in all). I wish I could forget this, but I can't. I did however see a reference to sister Cindy in the media recently, and she's now going by Lucinda. I suppose that's a happy ending. But it doesn't make me warm up to Cindy.

It’s cute, but a bit inconsistent as a full name.

I don’t mind it as a nickname for Lucinda but couldn’t see myself using it as a full name as it reminds me too much of the doll who was brought out in the 1960s as a rival to Barbie. The doll’s name was spelled Sindy rather than Cindy and she had a boyfriend called Paul.

This message was edited 3/12/2023, 10:05 AM