Giacinto
Giacinto (dʒaˈtʃinto) is a male given name from Italy.
Origin and meaning
The name comes from the Greek and is derived from Hyakinthos , a figure from Greek mythology .
variants
The German form is Hyazinth , the English Hyacinth , the Spanish or Portuguese Jacinto , the French Hyacinthe , the Polish Jacek and the Hungarian Jácint .
name day
Name day is August 17th . It goes back to Hyacinth of Poland , a canonized Polish clergyman from the 12th century.
Well-known namesake
The following people bear the name Giacinto:
- Giacinto Amati (1778-1850), Italian Catholic theologian and writer
- Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997), Italian lawyer and politician
- Giacinto Calandrucci (1646–1707), Italian baroque painter
- Giacinto Andrea Cicognini (1606–1649), Italian writer and librettist
- Giacinto Facchetti (1942–2006), Italian football player and functionary
- Giacinto Fontana, called Farfallino (1692–1739), Italian opera singer and soprano castrato
- Giacinto de Ferrari (1804–1874), Italian clergyman, theologian and bishop
- Giacinto Gimignani (1606–1681), Italian painter and printmaker
- Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988), Italian composer and poet
- Giacinto Scoles (* 1935), Italian-American physical chemist
- Giacinto Sertorelli (1915–1938), Italian ski racer