Hyacinth
Hyacinth ♀ English form of the name (Greek
Hyakinthos) borne in classical mythology by a beautiful youth who was accidentally killed by Apollo and from whose blood sprang a flower bearing his name (not the modern hyacinth, but a type of dark lily). The name was later borne by various early saints, principally one martyred in the 3rd century with his brother Protus. This encouraged its use as a male name in Christian Europe, including, occasionally, Britain. However, in Britain at the end of the 19th century there was a vogue for coining new girls' names from vocabulary words denoting plants and flowers (e.g.
Daisy,
Ivy).
Hyacinth accordingly came to be regarded exclusively as a girl's name. It has never been common, and in the 1990s came to be associated with the character of the domineering snob Hyacinth Bucket in the British TV comedy series
Keeping Up Appearances.
Variants:
Jacinth,
Jacintha.
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