Given name & surname
Hyacinth
“resembling the colorful fragrant flower”
Hyacinth is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the colorful fragrant flower.”
Original GreekΥακίνθη
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “resembling the colorful fragrant flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Hyacinth developed from Hyacinthus. In Cebuano usage, Hyacinth developed from Ὑάκινθος.
The story
The name’s historical associations include various early saints, principally one martyred in the 3rd century with his brother Protus.
Hyacinth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 984
- 0 boys · 984 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #4,294 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +209%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,294 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 208.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,816 as a first name in 2020; 190 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.
Hyacinth’s family of names
Hyacinth has an affectionate form in Jacek. Hyacinth shares a linguistic root with Jacinto. In English usage, Hyacinth has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jacinta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hyacinth has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Hyacinth comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jacekpet form · Polish
- Hyacynthvariant
- Hyacinthievariant
- Hyacintheavariant
- Hyacinthiavariant
- Hycynthvariant
- Hycinthvariant
- Hyacinthevariant · French
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Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hyacinth
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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