Hyacinth (given name)

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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.

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.

Hyacinth may also refer to:

Men with the given name Hyacinth

• Hyacinth and Protus (martyred 257–9), Christian saints
• Hyacinth Bobone (c.1106–1198), after 1191 Pope Celestine III
• Hyacinth (Bichurin) (1777–1853), one of the founding fathers of Sinology
• Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo (born 1955), vicar and bishop
• Hyacinth Gabriel Connon (1911–1978), Lasallian Brother and a president of De La Salle University
• Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz (1893–1968), German Army officer
• Hyacinth Morgan (1885–1956), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
• Hyacinth of Caesarea (died 108), early Christian martyr saint
• Hyacinth Tungutalum (1946–2009), Australian politician
• Saint Hyacinth (1185–1257), Polish priest, canonized 1594
• Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot (1834–1904), Irish lawyer
• Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, Baron de Bougainville (1781-1846) French naval officer, son of Louis de Bougainville

Mythology

• Hyacinth (mythology), 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

• Hyacinth Callado (born 2003) Filipina actress and social media personality
• Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland (1766-1816), Actress, Wife of 1st Marquess Wellesley
• Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley (1789-1849), 1st Baroness Hatherton
• Hyacinth Flemmings, former cricketer
• Hyacinth Knight, Jamaican politician
• Hyacinth Mariscotti (also written Hyacintha or Giacinta) (1585-1640), Italian saint
• Hyacinth Walters (born 1926), Jamaican former sprinter
• Hyacinth Wijeratne (1946-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala actress

Fiction

• 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

People with the surname Hyacinth

• Flora Hyacinth (born 1966), retired female track and field athlete from the United States Virgin Islands

References

References

1. "Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names".
2. Sheehan, page 131.
3. "Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names".

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