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Around the globe, Hyacinth (Hyacinth , Jacinth , Hyacinthus ) is a common unisex first name. The first name Hyacinth is habitual in Jamaica, where it is quite a common female name, Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Nigeria, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely female name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Nigeria, the United States, and Philippines. Also, Hyacinth is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Jacinth, Hyacinth | Philippines, Jamaica, United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria |
Hyacinthus | China |
Hyacinth is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hyacinth , the mythological prince, loved by Apollo; Hyacinth Bucket , the character in Keeping Up Appearances; Hyacinth Hippo , the fictional hippo from Disney's Fantasia, Who Framed Roger Rabbit; Hyacinthus , the operatic character in the opera Apollo et Hyacinthus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Oebalus's son and Hyacinthus the Lacedaemonian , the who sacrificed his daughters to Athena or Persephone.