Cinnamon: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Cinnamon – Meaning: the cinnamon spice; also a warm reddish-brown color – Origin: English (vocabulary word, ultimate root Greek, possibly Phoenician/Semitic) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: SIN-ə-mən


Cinnamon is an English (vocabulary word, ultimate root Greek, possibly Phoenician/Semitic) girl's name meaning “the cinnamon spice; also a warm reddish-brown color”. It appears in 4 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Cinnamon

Meaning: The cinnamon spice; also a warm reddish-brown color.

Origin: English (vocabulary word, ultimate root Greek, possibly Phoenician/Semitic).

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Cinnamon

Phonetic: SIN-ə-mən   IPA: /sɪnəmən/

Popularity of Cinnamon

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1967–2010.

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