Entry № 2212 · Greek origin

Cynane Cynane — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sie-NAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Macedonian warrior princess (Alexander's half-sister)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "macedonian warrior princess (alexander's half-sister)".

Cynane (Κυνάνη, c. 358-323 BCE) was the half-sister of Alexander the Great — daughter of Philip II of Macedon by his Illyrian wife Audata.

Macedonian warrior princess. Alexander the Great's half-sister.

The name in its native script.

Κυνάνη
Transliteration
Kynánē
Pronunciation
/ saɪˈnɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Cynane stands.

Cynane does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Cynanes before her.

Real people
Cynane
Macedonian warrior princess.
c. 358 – 323 BCE
In fiction
Cynane
Featured in historical fiction.

Names connected to Cynane.

The number behind Cynane.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Cynane reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.