Name meaning & stats
Cy
Cy means “lord, master” (Ancient Greek origin). 3,705 US babies since 1940, peak 2010.
What it means
“lord, master”
Ancient GreekPet form of Cyril
In US birth records
Peak year: 2010
3,705 US babies were named Cy between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Cy (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 75% of the family
- Cy 75%
- Sy 19%
- Si 4%
- Sye 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2010)