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.Thomas W. Sheehan, {{Google books|id=96u9tHR9-TQC|title=Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names| page=130}}. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2001. Page 130.
English variant forms include Hyacintha or Hyacinthia. European equivalents include Hyacinthe (French), Hyazinth (German),Sheehan, page 131. 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, {{Google books|id=96u9tHR9-TQC|title=Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names| page=139}}. 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:
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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
- Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland (1766-1816), Actress, Wife of 1st Marquess Wellesley
- Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley (1789-1849), 1st Baroness Hatherton
- Hyacinth Flemmings, former cricketer
- 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
See also
=People with the surname Hyacinth=
- Flora Hyacinth (born 1966), retired female track and field athlete from the United States Virgin Islands
References
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