Given name
Jacaranda
“resembling the tree with purple flowers”
Jacaranda is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “resembling the tree with purple flowers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “resembling the tree with purple flowers.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jacaranda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jacaranda’s family of names
Jacaranda has a related form in Jacarandah. Jacaranda has a related form in Jacarandea. Jacaranda has a related form in Jacarandia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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