39%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Old Welsh Meaning & History Derived from Old Welsh cynt meaning "first, chief" and gur meaning "man", plus the suffix ig indicating "has the quality of" [1]. Related Names Rootscynt + gur Categories beginnings, leadership, numeric meanings Sources & References Reaney, P. H. and R. M. Wilson. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford, 1997, page 263.
