What would be the greek version of the name Cindy or Cynthia? I was told Artemis or Areti. Which would it be?

Question

What would be the greek version of the name Cindy or Cynthia? I was told Artemis or Areti. Which would it be?

Answer 1

Cynthia is a Greek name in itself--another name for Artemis (whom the Romans called Diana), because she was born on Mt. Cynthus, on the isle of Delos.  Another name for her was Selena or Selene, in her role as moon goddess, with the result that sometimes in poetry the moon is called Cynthia.  I've always thought it a little strange that NASA named its lunar expeditions for her twin brother, Apollo, instead of for her.

Answer 2

The other answerer is correct; however, the Web site "Behind the Name" also has this to say:

Cynthia is the Latinized form of Greek Κυνθια (Kynthia) which means "woman from Kynthos."

Answer 3

Cynthia was originally an epithet of the Greek goddess of the moon, Artemis, who was sometimes called "Cynthia" because, according to legend, the goddess was born on Mount Cynthus.

Answer 4

I think it would be Artemis, because Artemis was the goddess of the moon, hunting and the wilderness in Greek mythology, and her other names were Diana and Cynthia.

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Answer 5

The Greek version of "Cynthia" IS "Cynthia", for the definitions already given. Artemis may have been referred to as "Cynthia" at times but "Artemis" does not translate as "Cynthia". Under the definitions of "Cynthia" as "a woman of Kynthos, or Mt Kynthos", any one of us fitting that requirement could be called "Cynthia" but not all of us would be "Artemis".