Given name & surname
Jacinto
“resembling a hyacinth”
Jacinto is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “resembling a hyacinth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “resembling a hyacinth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Jacinto developed from the Ancient Greek form Ὑάκινθος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jacinto is a form of Hyacinth. The history of Hyacinth gives this family its wider story. Hyacinth’s historical associations include various early saints, principally one martyred in the 3rd century with his brother Protus.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jacinto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,958
- 2,958 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 44
- #2,857 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +92%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,857 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 91.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,387 as a first name in 2020; 6,214 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.
Jacinto’s family of names
Jacinto has a feminine form in Jacinta. In Portuguese usage, Jacinto has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jacek. Jacinto has a related form in Jacek.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jacinto has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jacekvariant · Polish
- Jacentvariant
- Jacintvariant
- Jacentievariant
- Jacentivariant
- Jacenteavariant
- Jacenteevariant
- Jacenteyvariant
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Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jacinto
- Jacinto BenaventeSpanish writer (1866-1954)
- Jacinto QuincocesSpanish footballer (1905-1997)
- Jacinto VillalbaParaguayan footballer1914–2002
- Jacinto ConvitVenezuelan scientist1913–2014
- Jacinto BarquínCuban footballerborn 1915
- Jacinto ZamoraFilipino priest martyred in 18721835–1872
- Jacinto VeraUruguayan bishop (1813 – 1881), first Roman Catholic bishop of Montevideo and blessed
- Hyacinthe-Marie CormierFrench Master of the Dominican Order (1832–1916)
- Jacinto PeynadoPresident of the Dominican Republic (1878-1940)
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