Hyacinth

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Hyacinth, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Amaryllis
• Lavender
• Azalea
• Lilac
• Petunia
• Camellia
• Marigold
• Orchid
• Dahlia
• Daffodil
• Clover
• Gardenia

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Hyacinth is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, France, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Hyáçįńth, Hyäcïnth

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Hyacinth is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

• Hyacinth Faberb. 1620FR1620-1670; Not found in: Internat. biogr. Index, LoC-NA; aus München; Franziskaner
• William Houghtonb. 1736not in their usual nameEnglish Dominican friar
• Charles Hyacinth Valergab. 1818ITItalian priest (1818–1864)
• Hyacinth Martensb. 1847BEBelgian architect (1847-1919)
• Hyacinthe Julien Robert Vanderystb. 1860BEnot in their usual nameanthropologist, agronomist, botanist, naturalist and scientific collector (1860-1934)
• Violet Bowes-Lyonb. 1882not in their usual name(1882-1893); elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; aunt of Elizabeth II
• Hyacinth Harmegniesb. 1892BEBelgian politician (1892-1973)
• Ralph Honnerb. 1904AUnot in their usual nameAustralian rules footballer and military officer (1904–1994)
• Pierre Hyacinth Conwayb. 1915USDominican priest
• Hyacinth Tungutalumb. 1946AUAustralian politician

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).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

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

What does the name Hyacinth mean, and where does it come from?

Greek, “purple”; formerly used in Ireland, probably to translate a native name. Recorded by Irish first names.

Is Hyacinth a male or female name?

Hyacinth is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

How do you pronounce Hyacinth?

It depends on the language: in English /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /xʝakint/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

In which country does Hyacinth have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Hyacinth in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hyacinth.

How common is the name Hyacinth?

In the United States, the national register counted 2,816 people named Hyacinth in 2020, about 1 in 118 thousand residents.

How common is Hyacinth compared with other names?

In Jamaica, Hyacinth is the 88th most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.