Čý
surname · Latin script
Čý is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country: 3,403 people, counted by the Census Bureau in 2020. Recorded meaning: Short form of }Cyrus. Cynthia ? From Greek Kynthia, an epithet applied to the goddess Artemis, who was sup- posed to have been born on Mount Kynthos on the island of Delos.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 3.9Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 19Kfew records
- SGSingapore≈1 in 20Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 333 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)
3,403 people, 2020
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Cy in US United States, MY Malaysia, PH Philippines and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Short form of }Cyrus. Cynthia ? From Greek Kynthia, an epithet applied to the goddess Artemis, who was sup- posed to have been born on Mount Kynthos on the island of Delos. The mountain name is of pre-Greek origin. Cynthia was later used by the Roman poet Propertius as the name of the woman to whom he addressed his love poetry. The English given name was not used in the Middle Ages, but dates from the classical revival of the 17th and 18th centuries. 56
Cited for this meaning 2
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Čý counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 3,403 | 1 in 98K | 3.2K | Cy | 333 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 100K | listed | Cy | 22 |
| HK Hong Kong | #658 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Cy | 35 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Cy | 43 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈740 est. | ≈1 in 156K | — | Cy | 47 |
| TN Tunisia | — | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Cy | 14 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Cy | 38 |
| GY Guyana | — | 9 | 1 in 83K | 9 | — | 1 |
3,403 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Čý mean, and where does it come from?
- Short form of }Cyrus. Cynthia ? From Greek Kynthia, an epithet applied to the goddess Artemis, who was sup- posed to have been born on Mount Kynthos on the island of Delos. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary.
- Which countries have the most people named Čý?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 3.4 thousand people named Čý, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cy. After it come Nigeria, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Philippines; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Čý?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,403 people named Čý in 2020, about 1 in 98 thousand residents.
- How common is Čý compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Čý is the 658th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C4%8D%C3%BDThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Čý” — ranked 5139th in the United States (Census Bureau, 2020). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.