Hyacinth is a variant form of the given name
Hyacinthe
Hyacinthe is a given name. It is generally a male name. The form Hyacinth (given name), Hyacinth may be masculine or feminine.
People with this name
* Hyacinthe (actor) (1814–1887), French actor and operetta singer
* Hyacinthe Besson (1816–18 ...
. The name is derived from a Greek word meaning the
blue larkspur flower or the colour purple.
[Thomas W. Sheehan, . Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2001. Page 130.]
English variant forms include Hyacintha or Hyacinthia. European equivalents include Hyacinthe (French), Hyazinth (German),
Jacek (Polish, male), Iakinf (Иакинф; Russian). The Spanish name
Jacinta is closely related, referring to the
hyacinth flower. Jacinda (Greek and Spanish) may refer to either.
[Sheehan, . 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."]
Hyacinth may also refer to:
Men with the given name Hyacinth
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Hyacinth and Protus (martyred 257–9), Christian saints
* Hyacinth Bobone (c.1106–1198), after 1191
Pope Celestine III
Pope Celestine III ( la, Caelestinus III; c. 1106 – 8 January 1198), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 March or 10 April 1191 to his death in 1198. He had a tense relationship with several monarchs, ...
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Hyacinth (Bichurin) (1777–1853), one of the founding fathers of Sinology
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Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo (born 1955), vicar and bishop
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Hyacinth Gabriel Connon
Hyacinth Gabriel Connon, F.S.C. (July 11, 1911 – August 24, 1978), was a Lasallian Brother and President of De La Salle University in Manila from 1950 to 1959 and 1966 to 1978, the second president to have served two terms in the history o ...
(1911–1978), Lasallian Brother and a president of De La Salle University
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Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz (1893–1968), German Army officer
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Hyacinth Morgan
Hyacinth or Hyacinthus may refer to:
Nature Plants
* Hyacinth (plant), genus ''Hyacinthus''
** '' Hyacinthus orientalis'', common hyacinth
* Grape hyacinth, ''Muscari'', a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia
* Hyacinth bean, '' La ...
(1885–1956), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
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Hyacinth of Caesarea
Hyacinth (, ''Hyakinthos''; died 108) was a young Christian living at the start of the second century, who is honored as a martyr and a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Hyacinth is sometimes called by hi ...
(died 108), early Christian martyr saint
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Hyacinth Tungutalum
Hyacinth Gabriel Tungutalum (14 August 1946 – 7 April 2009) was an Australian politician and the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to a state or territory parliament.
A traditional owner on the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin, Tung ...
(1946–2009), Australian politician
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Saint Hyacinth (1185–1257), Polish priest, canonized 1594
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Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot (1834–1904), Irish lawyer
Mythology
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Hyacinth (mythology)
Hyacinth or Hyacinthus (Ancient Greek: , , ) is a gentle and clever divine hero and a lover of Apollo from Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae southwest of Sparta dates from the Mycenaean era. A temenos or sanctuary grew up around what was ...
, divine hero in Greek mythology
Fiction
* Hyacinth Robinson, the main character of Henry James' 1886 novel ''
The Princess Casamassima
''The Princess Casamassima'' is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1885 and 1886 and then as a book in 1886. It is the story of an intelligent but confused young London bookbinder, Hyacinth Robinson, ...
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Women with the given name Hyacinth
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Hyacinth Flemmings
Hyacinth Flemmings (possibly Hyacinth Fleming) is a former cricketer who played one match during the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup for the Jamaica women's national cricket team. Flemmings bowled two overs, conceding 11 runs, against Australia
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, former cricketer
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Hyacinth Mariscotti
Hyacintha Mariscotti, or Hyacintha of Mariscotti ( it, Giacinta Marescotti) was an Italian nun of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. She was born in 1585 of a noble family at Vignanello, in the Province of Viterbo, and died 30 January 1640 i ...
(also written Hyacintha or Giacinta), Italian saint
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Hyacinth Walters
Hyacinth Walters (born 15 July 1926) is a Jamaican former sprinter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV O ...
(born 1926), Jamaican former sprinter
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Hyacinth Wijeratne (1946-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala actress
Fiction
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Hyacinth Bucket, main character in the TV sitcom ''Keeping Up Appearances''
* Hyacinth Hippo, a character from the Disney movie ''
Fantasia (1940 film)''
* Hyacinth Bridgerton, character in the Netflix series
Bridgerton
See also
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Hyacinth (disambiguation)
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Hyacinthe
Hyacinthe is a given name. It is generally a male name. The form Hyacinth (given name), Hyacinth may be masculine or feminine.
People with this name
* Hyacinthe (actor) (1814–1887), French actor and operetta singer
* Hyacinthe Besson (1816–18 ...
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Jacek
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Jacinta
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St. Hyacinth (disambiguation) St. Hyacinth or Saint Hyacinthe may refer to:
People
* Hyacinth of Caesarea (died 108), early Christian martyr
* Hyacinth and Protus (martyred 257-9), Christian saints
* Hyacinth of Poland ( - 1257), Dominican friar and saint
* Hyacintha Marisc ...
People with the surname Hyacinth
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Flora Hyacinth (born 1966), retired female track and field athlete from the United States Virgin Islands
References
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