Given name & surname
Giacinto
Giacinto is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giacinto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1969. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 125 as a first name in 2020; 244 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Giacinto’s family of names
In Italian usage, Giacinto as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form ZINK. In Italian usage, Giacinto has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jacek. In Italian usage, Giacinto has a conventional equivalent in the English form Hyacinth.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Giacinto has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Giacinto
- Giacinto FacchettiItalian association football player (1942–2006)
- Giacinto ScelsiItalian composer and poet (1905-1988)
- Giacinto BerlocoItalian Roman Catholic archbishopborn 1941
- Giacinto MoreraItalian mathematician (1856-1909)
- Gianni CaldanaItalian athlete (1912–1995)
- Giacinto-Boulos MarcuzzoItalian bishopborn 1945
- Giacinto GiganteItalian painter (1806-1876)
- Giacinto Menotti SerratiItalian politician (1872–1926)
- Giacinto Longhinbishop of Treviso (1863–1936)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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