Giacinto
/dʒaˈtʃin.to/noun
An Italian given name and surname, and the Italian word for the hyacinth flower.
Did you know?Giacinto ultimately comes from Greek Hyákinthos, the name of a mythic youth whose death was linked to the hyacinth flower, making the word carry a built-in legend of transformation.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ὑάκινθος (Hyákinthos)
“A mythic youth’s name, later also the hyacinth flower”
Latin
Latin
Hyacinthus
“The hyacinth flower and the borrowed mythic name”
Medieval Latin
Latin
Iacinthus / Giacinthus
“A learned and vernacularized form of the flower name and personal name”
Old Italian
Italian
Giacinto
“Hyacinth; also used as a male given name”
Modern English
English
hyacinth
“A bulbous flowering plant with fragrant clusters of blossoms”