Jacinta
Jacinta is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name is the Portuguese and Spanish form of Hyacinthus. This name in turn is the Latinized form of the Greek name Υακινθος ( Hyakinthos ), which is derived from the hyacinth .
Other variants are Jacintha (NL), Hyacinthe, Jacinthe (F), Giacinto (I), Jacek / Jacenty (POL), Jacinto (P, ESP) and Jasinta (D, NL).
Well-known namesake
- Jacinta Paula Bernardo , East Timorese civil servant and human rights activist
- Jacinta Correia da Costa , East Timorese lawyer
- Jacinta Marto (1910–1920), Portuguese saint
- Jacinta Nandi (* 1980), British author, blogger and columnist
- Jacinta Abucau Pereira (* 1973) East Timorese politician
- Jacinta Sandiford (1932–1987), Ecuadorian high jumper
- Jacinta Wawatai (* 1992), New Zealand actress
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Jacinta. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Hyacinthus. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .