Hyacinth

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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

• Spanish given name6.9K records spelled Hyacinth6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, France, United Kingdom

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Hyáçįńth, Hyäcïnth

60 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.

Other recorded senses●

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 100 years between 1894–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• 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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 145 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hyacinth?

We estimate roughly 3.0 thousand people bear Hyacinth (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Hyacinth have the most bearers?

Hyacinth is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled hyacinth.

Where is Hyacinth most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hyacinth is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 4.0 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.

How common is Hyacinth compared with other names?

In Jamaica, Hyacinth is the 64th most common given name of 20,217 given names recorded there.

Is Hyacinth a male or female name?

Hyacinth is a female 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.

What does the name Hyacinth mean?

Recorded meaning: Greek, “purple”; formerly used in Ireland, probably to translate a native name.