Hyacinth (given name)

Hyacinth is a variant form of the given name Hyacinthe. The name is derived from a Greek word meaning the blue larkspur flower or the colour purple.

English variant forms include Hyacintha or Hyacinthia. European equivalents include Hyacinthe (French), Hyazinth (German), Jacek (Polish, male), Iakinf (Иакинф; Russian). The Spanish name Jacinta is closely related, referring to the hyacinth flower. Jacinda (Greek and Spanish) may refer to either.

Hyacinth may also refer to:

Men with the given name Hyacinth

 * Hyacinth and Protus (martyred 257–9), Christian saints
 * Hyacinth Bobone (c.1106–1198), after 1191 Pope Celestine III
 * Hyacinth (Bichurin) (1777–1853), one of the founding fathers of Sinology
 * Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo (born 1955), vicar and bishop
 * Hyacinth Gabriel Connon (1911–1978), Lasallian Brother and a president of De La Salle University
 * Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz (1893–1968), German Army officer
 * Hyacinth Morgan (1885–1956), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
 * Hyacinth of Caesarea (died 108), early Christian martyr saint
 * Hyacinth Tungutalum (1946–2009), Australian politician
 * Saint Hyacinth (1185–1257), Polish priest, canonized 1594
 * Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot (1834–1904), Irish lawyer
 * Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, Baron de Bougainville (1781-1846) French naval officer, son of Louis de Bougainville

Mythology

 * Hyacinth (mythology), divine hero in Greek mythology

Fiction

 * Hyacinth Robinson, the main character of Henry James' 1886 novel The Princess Casamassima

Women with the given name Hyacinth

 * Hyacinth Flemmings, former cricketer
 * Hyacinth Mariscotti (also written Hyacintha or Giacinta), Italian saint
 * Hyacinth Walters (born 1926), Jamaican former sprinter
 * Hyacinth Wijeratne (1946-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala actress

Fiction

 * Hyacinth Bucket, main character in the TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances
 * Hyacinth Hippo, a character from the Disney movie Fantasia (1940 film)
 * Hyacinth Bridgerton, character in the Netflix series Bridgerton

People with the surname Hyacinth

 * Flora Hyacinth (born 1966), retired female track and field athlete from the United States Virgin Islands