Given name
Jacinth
“resembling the hyacinth”
Jacinth is a variant of Jacinda. One Spanish interpretation is “resembling the hyacinth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jacinth is a variant of Jacinda. One Spanish interpretation is “resembling the hyacinth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jacinth is a variant of Jacinda. An origin associated with Jacinda is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jacinth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 16 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 12 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 430 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jacinth’s family of names
Jacinth has a related form in Jacinda. In English usage, Jacinth has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jacinthe.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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