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Giacinta

OriginItalian, Greek
Meaning"hyacinth"
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About Giacinta

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.

Pronounced jah-CHIN-tuh.

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Famous Giacintas

  • Saint Giacinta (Hyacintha) di Mariscotti

    Italian nun of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis

  • Giacinta Toso

    Italian soprano

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"

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