Given name & surname
Cinnamon
“resembling the reddish-brown spice”
Cinnamon is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “resembling the reddish-brown spice.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “resembling the reddish-brown spice.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cinnamon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,022
- 0 boys · 2,022 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 202 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 202 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,775 as a first name in 2020; 806 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cinnamon’s family of names
Cinnamon has a related form in Cinnia. Cinnamon has a related form in Cinnie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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