Cy (given name)

Cy is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Cyril, Cyrus or Seymour, and a nickname. It may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

 * Cy Chadwick (born 1969), English actor, director, producer and presenter
 * Seymour Cy Coben (1919–2006), American songwriter
 * Cy Coleman (1929–2004), American composer, songwriter and jazz pianist born Seymour Kaufman
 * Cy Curnin (born 1957), British singer, songwriter, and musician
 * Cyril Cy Endfield (1914–1995), American screenwriter, film and theatre director, author, magician and inventor
 * Seymour Cy Feuer (1911–2006), American theatre producer, director, composer and musician
 * Cy Gavin (born 1985), American artist
 * Cyril Cy Grant (1919–2010), Guyanese actor, musician, writer and poet
 * Cyrus Cy Hungerford (1889–1983), American editorial cartoonist
 * Cyrus Cy Kendall (1898–1953), American actor
 * Cy Kuckenbaker, American filmmaker
 * Cyril Cy Laurie (1926–2002), English jazz clarinetist and bandleader
 * Seymour Cy Leslie (1922–2008), founder of Pickwick Records and first president and founder of MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group
 * Seymour Cy Schindell (1907–1948), American actor
 * Cyril Cy Touff (1927–2003), American jazz bass trumpeter
 * Edwin Cy Twombly, Jr. (1928–2011), American painter, sculptor and photographer
 * Cyril Cy Walter (1915–1968), American café society pianist

Politicians

 * Richard Cy LeBlanc (born 1955), Canadian politician
 * Cyril Sherwood (1915–1996), Canadian politician
 * Cy Thao (born 1972), Laotian-born American politician

Baseball

 * Cecilio Cy Acosta (born 1946), Mexican former Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Frederick Cy Alberts (1882–1917), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1910
 * Eros Cy Barger (1885–1964), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Clytus Cy Bentley (1850–1873), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Darrell Cy Blanton (1908–1945), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Seymour Cy Block (1919–2004), American Major League Baseball player
 * Cyril Cy Buker (1918–2011), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1945
 * Arthur Cy Fried (1897–1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1920
 * William Cy Moore (1905–1972), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Harry Cy Morgan (1878–1962), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Cyril Cy Morgan (1920s pitcher) (1895–1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Ralph Cy Perkins (1896–1963), American Major League Baseball player, coach and manager
 * Kenneth Cy Rheam (1893–1947), American baseball player
 * James Cy Seymour (1872–1919), American Major League Baseball player and general manager and vice president of the Cleveland Indians
 * Cyril Cy Slapnicka (1886–1979), American Major League Baseball pitcher and executive
 * Edwin Cy Twombly (baseball) (1897–1974), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1921
 * Henry Cy Vorhees (1874–1910), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1902
 * Wallace Cy Warmoth (1893–1957), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Frederick Cy Williams (1887–1974), American Major League Baseball player
 * Ceylon Cy Wright (1893–1947), American Major League Baseball player in 1916
 * Denton Cy Young (1867–1955), American Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher

Hockey

 * Cyril Cy Denneny (1891–1970), Canadian National Hockey League player
 * Cyril Cy Thomas (1926–2009), Welsh-born National Hockey League player
 * Marvin Wentworth (1904–1982), Canadian National Hockey League player

Other sports

 * Cy Alexander (born 1953), American college basketball head coach
 * Charles Cy Casper (1912–1968), American National Football League player
 * Cy Marshall (1902–1974), American race car driver
 * Jack Cy McClairen (1931–2020), American former National Football League player and college football and basketball head coach
 * Shirley Cy Wentworth (American football) (1904–1986), American National Football League player
 * Burton Cy Williams (American football) (1903–1965), American Football League and National Football League player
 * Cy Young (athlete) (1928–2017), American javelin thrower, 1952 Olympic champion
 * Harry Young (American football) (1893–1977), American college football and basketball player and head coach, and sprinter, member of the College Football Hall of Fame

In other fields

 * Salim L. Lewis (1908–1978), American business executive, managing partner of Bear, Stearns & Company