Hyacinth is a variant form of the given name
Hyacinthe. 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
Jacinta is a feminine given name of Spanish language, Spanish and Greek language, Greek origin meaning hyacinth. It is the feminine form of Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese), Jácint (Hungarian language, Hungarian) and Jacek, Ja ...
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 (; c. 1105 – 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, including Emperor ...
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Hyacinth (Bichurin)
Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin (; – ), better known under his archimandrite monastic name Hyacinth, sometimes known as Joacinth or Iakinf, was one of the founding fathers of Russian Sinology. He translated many works from Chinese into Russian, w ...
(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 (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 (1885–1956), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
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Hyacinth of Caesarea (died 108), early Christian martyr saint
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Hyacinth Tungutalum (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
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Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, Baron de Bougainville (1781-1846) French naval officer, son of Louis de Bougainville
Mythology
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Hyacinth (mythology)
Hyacinth or Hyacinthus Ancient Greece, (Ancient Greek: , , ) is a Greek hero cult, deified hero and a lover of Apollo in Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae southwest of Sparta dates from the Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean era. The hero is mythica ...
, divine hero in Greek mythology
Fiction
* Hyacinth Robinson, the main character of Henry James' 1886 novel ''
The Princess Casamassima''
Women with the given name Hyacinth
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Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland (1766-1816), Actress, Wife of 1st Marquess Wellesley
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Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley (1789-1849),
1st Baroness Hatherton
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Hyacinth Flemmings, former cricketer
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Hyacinth Knight, Jamaican politician
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Hyacinth Mariscotti (also written Hyacintha or Giacinta) (1585-1640), Italian saint
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Hyacinth Walters (born 1926), Jamaican former sprinter
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Hyacinth Wijeratne
Threeris Hyacinth Wijeratne (; 3 October 194631 July 2021) was an actress in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. In a career spanned more than four decades, she was known for her breakthrough roles in ''Karumakkarayo ...
(1946-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala actress
Fiction
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Hyacinth Bucket
Hyacinth Bucket (née Walton; sometimes known as ''The Bucket Woman'') is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom ''Keeping Up Appearances'', portrayed by Patricia Routledge. Routledge won a British Comedy Award in 1991, and was nominated for two ...
, main character in the TV sitcom ''Keeping Up Appearances''
* Hyacinth Hippo, a character from the Disney movie ''
Fantasia (1940 film)
''Fantasia'' is a 1940 American Animated film, animated Musical film, musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney Productions, with story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer and production supervision by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen. I ...
''
* Hyacinth Bridgerton, character in the Netflix series
Bridgerton
''Bridgerton'' is an American alternative history regency romance television series created by Chris Van Dusen for Netflix. Based on the book series Bridgerton (novel series), of the same name by Julia Quinn, it is Shondaland's first scripted ...
See also
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Hyacinth (disambiguation)
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Hyacinthe
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Jacek
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Jacinta
Jacinta is a feminine given name of Spanish language, Spanish and Greek language, Greek origin meaning hyacinth. It is the feminine form of Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese), Jácint (Hungarian language, Hungarian) and Jacek, Ja ...
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St. Hyacinth (disambiguation)
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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