Jacinta

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Jacinta


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gender = Female
meaning =hyacinth
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related names = Jacinto, Giacinta, Hyacintha, Jacinda, Jaxine
footnotes = The girl's name Jacinta is the feminine form of the male Spanish and Portuguese name Jacinto ("Hyacinth"). Variants include the Italian form Giacinta, as well as Hyacintha, Jacinda, Jacintha, and Jaxine.

In the United States, Jacinta is a common female first name, ranking 1748 out of 4275 for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Jacinta is a rare surname as it was not ranked for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.

As an English name, the name is most common in Canada, England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Australia.

People

*Jacinta Stapleton, Australian actress
*Jacinda Barrett, Australian actress
*Giacinta Marescotti, Italian saint
*Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson, fictional James Bond character
*Jacinta Marto, Portuguese visionary
*Jacinta Reis, Portuguese visionary (adoro-te) Sónia!

Other

*"Giacinta ed Ernesto" is an opera by Julius Benedict
*"Giacinta" is a novel by Luigi Capuana