Jacinto
Jacinto is a Spanish and Portuguese name meaning Hyacinth,[1] which can refer to Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr (Hyacinth and Protus), or the Hyacinth flower itself.
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | Hyacinth |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Jacinta, Jacenty, Jacek, Giacinto, Jacint |
Common English nicknames for "Jacinto" are "Chinto" and "Jesse". Jacinto has only a few equivalents in other languages such as the Polish "Jacek" and "Jacenty", the Italian "Giacinto" and the Hungarian "Jácint".
People with the given name include:
- Jacinto Barquín (1915–?), Cuban footballer
- Jacinto Barrasa (died 1704), Peruvian Jesuit preacher and historian
- Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954), Spanish dramatist and Nobel laureate
- Jacinto Caamaño (1759–1829), leader of the last great Spanish exploration of Alaska (then Russian America) and the coast of what is now British Columbia
- Jacinto Canek (c. 1731–1761), Maya revolutionary who fought against the Spanish
- Jacinto Convit (1913–2014), Venezuelan physician and scientist
- Jacinto Diniz (1888–1949), American politician and businessman
- Jacinto Elá (born 1982), Equatoguinean retired footballer
- Jacinto Espinoza (born 1969), Ecuadorian former football goalkeeper
- Jacinto Grau (1877–1958), Spanish playwright and writer
- Jacinto João (1944–2004), Portuguese footballer
- Jacinto Lara (1777–1859), Venezuelan independence leader and military officer of the Venezuelan War of Independence
- Jacinto Molina Álvarez, birth name of Paul Naschy (1934–2009), Spanish film actor, screenwriter and director
- Jacinto Morano (born 1984), Spanish lawyer and politician
- Jacinto Moreno (fl. 1985), retired Philippine Constabulary enlisted trooper and recipient of the Medal of Valor, the Philippines' highest military award for courage
- Jacinto Peynado (1878–1940), president of the Dominican Republic from 1938 to 1940
- Jacinto Quincoces (1905–1997), Spanish football player and manager
- Jacinto Rodríguez (footballer) (born 1958), Paraguayan former footballer
- Jacinto Rodríguez Díaz (1901–1929), aviation pioneer in Guatemala
- Jacinto Rodriguez (1815–1880), recipient of the Rancho Jacinto Mexican land grant
- Jacinto Santos (born 1941), Portuguese former footballer
- Jacinto Vera (1813–1881), Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and first bishop of Montevideo
- Jacinto Zamora (1835–1872), Filipino Catholic priest, one of a trio of priests falsely accused of mutiny
References
- Stafford, Diane (1 September 2011). 60,001+ Best Baby Names , 2E. Sourcebooks. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-4022-6027-8.
See also
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