Hyakinthos as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hyakinthos

What is the meaning of the name Hyakinthos ?

The baby name Hyakinthos is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /ˌhaɪəˈkɪnθɒs/ (hi-ə-KIN-thos).

Hyakinthos is Greek in Origin.

Hyakinthos is the transliterated form of Ancient Greek Ὑάκινθος, a word naming the hyacinth flower and, in classical texts, a blue or violet gemstone, later called jacinth or sapphire. In Greek myth, Hyakinthos was the beautiful Spartan youth beloved by Apollo; his death and rebirth as a flower explained the hyacinth and inspired the Hyacinthia festival at Amyclae. The name thus carries associations of beauty, spring, and lament turned to renewal.

Through Latin Hyacinthus, it entered Christian usage, borne by early martyrs and by the influential Dominican Saint Hyacinth of Poland, which fostered Slavic forms. International variants include Hyacinthus and Hyacinth, Hyacinthe (French), Hyazinth (German), Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto (Italian), Hiacynt and Jacenty with the diminutive Jacek (Polish), and Modern Greek Iakinthos or Yakinthos. Today Hyakinthos itself is rare, while English Hyacinth skews feminine since the nineteenth century.

⚙ We can't find Hyakinthos in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.