Jacint as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jacint

What is the meaning of the name Jacint ?

The baby name Jacint is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ʒaˈsint/ or /ʒəˈsint/ (Catalan); approx. zhah-SEENT.

Jacint is Greek in Origin.

Jacint is the Catalan form of the classical name Hyacinthus, from Greek Hyakinthos; it also appears in Hungarian as Jácint. In myth it names the Spartan youth loved by Apollo, whose death gave rise to the hyacinth flower; in Christian tradition it occurs as Latin Hyacinthus and in saints such as Hyacinth of Poland (San Jacinto). The meaning is “hyacinth,” referring both to the fragrant spring flower and, in antiquity, to a blue-violet gemstone (jacinth).

Used in Catalonia since medieval records and reinforced by the fame of poet Jacint Verdaguer, the name remains familiar yet distinctive there; elsewhere it is rarer. Cognates and variants include Spanish and Portuguese Jacinto, Italian Giacinto, French Hyacinthe, English Hyacinth, German Hyazinth, Polish Hiacynt and the related Jacek, Romanian Iacint, Czech and Slovak Hyacint, and Greek Iakinthos. Catalan diminutives include Cinto. The name carries floral, cultured overtones with an old-world, literary feel.