Hyacinthus

given name · Latin script

Meaning: beloved of Apollo

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Hyacinthus is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands
  • ITItaly
  • DEGermany

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

beloved of Apollo

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Hyacinthus is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A Spartan youth loved and accidentally killed by Apollo. The flower hyacinth sprang from his blood.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, iris (plant)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, ZAMBÍLĂ, zambile, s. f. Plantă erbacee din familia liliaceelor, cu frunzele crescute dintr-un bulb, cu flori albe, roz, violete sau albastre, așezate în ciorchine la vârful tulpinii și plăcut mirositoare (Hyacinthus orientalis).

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

  • In Latvian, Hiacintes

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Hyacinth Faber, b. 1620Joseph Gezelle, b. 1840W.J.H. Willems, b. 1950Ruud Smits, b. 1950Jan Vermunt, b. 1957
  • Hyacinth Faberb. 1620FRnot in their usual name1620-1670; Not found in: Internat. biogr. Index, LoC-NA; aus München; Franziskaner
  • Joseph Gezelleb. 1840BEnot in their usual nameBelgian vicar and pastor and brother of Guido Gezelle (1840-1903)
  • W.J.H. Willemsb. 1950NLnot in their usual nameDutch archaeologist (1950–2014)
  • Ruud Smitsb. 1950NLnot in their usual nameDutch university teacher
  • Jan Vermuntb. 1957NLnot in their usual nameDutch educationalist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Hyacinthus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—1.5K#809
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—104#5,392
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—40#13,414

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hyacinthus mean, and where does it come from?
beloved of Apollo Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
What are other forms of the name Hyacinthus?
In the etymology graph, Jacinto, Hyacinthe and Giacinto are forms of the same name in other languages.
Is Hyacinthus a male or female name?
Hyacinthus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Hyacinthus have the most bearers?
Hyacinthus is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hyacinthus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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