Hyacinth (given name)
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Hyacinth is a variant form of the given name Hyacinthe. It may be given to males or females. In modern times, the form Hyacinthe is usually masculine, and Hyacinth is sometimes considered the feminine form.
The name is derived from the Greek word hyacinth meaning the blue larkspur flower or the colour purple.[1]
English variant forms include Hyacintha or Hyacinthia. European equivalents include Hyacinthe (French), Hyacinthie (German),[2] The Spanish name Jacinta is closely related, referring to the hyacinth flower. Jacinda (Greek and Spanish) may refer to either.[3]
Men with the given name Hyacinth
- Hyacinth of Caesarea (died 120), early Christian martyr saint
- Hyacinth and Protus (martyred 257–9), Christian saints
- Saint Hyacinth (1185–1257), Polish priest, canonized 1594
- Hyacinth Gabriel Connon (1911–1978), Lasallian Brother and a president of De La Salle University
- Hyacinth Morgan (1885–1956), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
- Hyacinth Tungutalum (1946–2009), Australian politician
- In mythology
- Hyacinth (mythology), divine hero in Greek mythology
- In fiction
- Hyacinth Robinson, a character in the 1886 Henry James novel The Princess Casamassima.
Women with the given name Hyacinth
- Hyacinth Mariscotti (also written Hyacintha or Giacinta), Italian saint
- In fiction
- Hyacinth Bucket, main character in the TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances
People with the surname Hyacinth
- Flora Hyacinth (born 1966), retired female track and field athlete from the United States Virgin Islands
See also
- Hyacinth (disambiguation)
- Hyacinthe
References
- ↑ Thomas W. Sheehan, Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names, p. 130, at Google Books. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2001. Page 130.
- ↑ Sheehan, page 131.
- ↑ Sheehan, Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names, p. 139, at Google Books. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2001. "Jacinta: 'The Hyacinth Flower' (Spanish) or 'The Wearer of Purple' (Portuguese) or 'The Beautiful One' (Spanish). Jacinda: (Greek, Spanish) see Hyacinth, Jacinta."
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