Hyacinth (first name)
Hyacinth is a male name .
Origin and meaning
Hyacinth is of Greek origin and a form of Hyakinthos . The meaning is unclear. There is speculation about a connection with a Greek legend according to which the god Apollo accidentally killed his lover of that name while throwing a discus . According to legend, the hyacinth plant grew out of the blood of his slain lover .
variants
Variants of hyacinth are:
- English : Hyacinth
- French : Hyacinthe
- Italian : Giacinto (dʒaˈtʃinto)
- Latin : Hyacinthus
- Portuguese : Jacinto (ʒaˈsĩtu)
- Spanish : Jacinto (xaˈθinto)
- Polish : Jacek
- Hungarian : Jácint
name day
Name day for "Hyacinth" 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 Hyacinth:
- Hyacinth of Caesarea (96–108), saint and martyr
- Hyacinth Bobo, birth name of Celestine III. (* about 1106; † 1198), from 1191 to 1198 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
- Hyacinth of Poland (Polish: Jacek Odrowąż; 1183–1257), saint; Polish nobleman and clergyman who is considered the founder of the Dominican Order in Poland
- Hyazinth Wäckerle , pseudonym of Joseph Fischer, (1836-1896), German educator and dialect poet.
- Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz (1893–1968), German general and tank commander in the Wehrmacht
as a middle name
- Franz Hyazinth (1632–1638), Duke of Savoy
- Wilhelm Hyacinth (Nassau-Siegen) (1666–1743), Prince of Orange and Prince of Nassau-Siegen
See also
- Hyacinth Church
- Protus and Hyacinthus , early Christian martyrs (* in the 2nd century; † 258 or 262, or around 305 in Rome)