Giacinta

ja-CHEEN-ta

Italian, Greek

"hyacinth"

Giacinta Origin and Meaning

The name Giacinta is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "hyacinth".

Flora and operatic in style, Giacinta comes from the Greek Hyacinthus, itself derived from the name of the purple hyacinth flower. The Italian relative of Spanish Jacinta, Giacinta is also the name of a saint, noted for her devotion to taking care of the sick and the poor, along with the elderly and prisoners too.

The 19th century operatic soprano and musical salon owner Giacinta Toso is one notable bearer, while another (fictional) Giacinta appears in the James Bond movie, Die Another Day, played by Halle Berry, and better known as Jinx. The name of one of Rochester's mistresses in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre, a more contemporary bearer is Princess Giacinta Ruspoli of Cerveteri, Italy.

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Famous People Named Giacinta

• Saint Giacinta (Hyacintha) di Mariscotti Italian nun of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis
• Giacinta Toso Italian soprano

The name Giacinta in Pop Culture

• Giacinta Rochester's unprincipled and violent second mistress in "Jane Eyre"
• Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson Bond Girl in film "Die Another Day"
• Giacinta ed Ernesto opera by Julius Benedict
• Giacinta novel by Luigi Capuana
• The Italian pronunciation is "jah CHEEN,tah"