though my mind was filled with names like Cathy, Catherine, Columbus, Cliff, Clancy, Christ, Caroline and names like Sandy, Sarah, Sam, Simon, etc... but I should have known Cindy myself.

However, all the other nouns you described were almost all taken from Latin (or French), and thus not transcribed phoeneticly into English. But its a mute point.

I was taken by a generalisation. . .a cardinal rule of mine being not to do so: so I will make a prudent retreat from my previous statement. *grin*