# Jacinta

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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Jacinta
| image= Hyacinth-spring.jpg 
| imagesize=
| caption= The name Jacinta means [hyacinth](/source/hyacinth).
| pronunciation=
| gender = Feminine
| meaning =[Hyacinth](/source/Hyacinth)
| region = 
| origin = [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language), [Greek](/source/Greek_language)
| related names = [Giacinta](/source/Giacinta), Hyacintha, [Jacinto](/source/Jacinto), Jacinda, Jaxine, [Jacintha](/source/Jacintha), Jesinta
| footnotes = 
}}
'''Jacinta''' is a feminine given name of [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) and [Greek](/source/Greek_language) origin meaning [hyacinth](/source/hyacinth). It is the feminine form of '''[Jacinto](/source/Jacinto)''' (Spanish and [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language)), '''Jácint''' ([Hungarian](/source/Hungarian_language)) and ['''Jacenty'''](/source/Jacek) ([Polish](/source/Polish_language)).

Variants in English or other languages include Hyacinth, Hyacintha, Jacinda, Jacintha, Jacinthe, Jacynthe, Jesinta, Jaxine or Giacinta.

As an English name, the name is mostly used in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) and [Australia](/source/Australia).<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Are There So Many Jacintas? |last=Frost |first= Natasha |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/world/australia/why-are-there-so-many-jacintas-ardern.html |work=The New York Times |date=October 12, 2023 |access-date=April 30, 2026}}</ref>

==People==
'''Jacinda'''

*[Jacinda Ardern](/source/Jacinda_Ardern) (born 1980), former Prime Minister of New Zealand
*[Jacinda Barclay](/source/Jacinda_Barclay) (1991–2020), Australian sportswoman
*[Jacinda Barrett](/source/Jacinda_Barrett) (born 1972), Australian actress
*[Jacinda Russell](/source/Jacinda_Russell) (born 1972), American photographer 
*[Jacinda Vidrio](/source/Jacinda_Vidrio), a fictional character in the TV series ''Once Upon a Time''

'''Jacinta'''
*[Jacinta Allan](/source/Jacinta_Allan) (born 1973), Australian politician
*[Jacinta Coleman](/source/Jacinta_Coleman) (1974–2017), New Zealand road cyclist
*[Jacinta John](/source/Jacinta_John), Australian actress, producer and director
*[Jacinta Monroe](/source/Jacinta_Monroe) (born 1988), American professional women's basketball player
*[Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](/source/Jacinta_Nampijinpa_Price) (born 1981), Australian politician
*[Jacinta Stapleton](/source/Jacinta_Stapleton) (born 1979), Australian actress
*[Jacinta Brondgeest](/source/Jacinta_Brondgeest), [Australia](/source/Australia)n [dance-pop](/source/dance-pop) singer
*[Jacinta Marto](/source/Jacinta_and_Francisco_Marto) (1910–1920), one of three Portuguese shepherd children who claimed to witness the apparitions of [Our Lady of Fátima](/source/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima)
*[Jacinta Tynan](/source/Jacinta_Tynan) (born 1969), Australian news presenter and journalist
* [Jacinta Ruru](/source/Jacinta_Ruru) (born 1974), New Zealand Maori professor of law

'''Jacintha'''
* [Jacintha Abisheganaden](/source/Jacintha_Abisheganaden) (born 1957), Singaporean singer and actress

'''Jacinthe'''
* [Jacinthe Bouchard](/source/Jacinthe_Bouchard), Canadian animal behaviorist and trainer
* [Jacinthe Laguë](/source/Jacinthe_Lagu%C3%AB), Canadian actress
* [Jacinthe Larivière](/source/Jacinthe_Larivi%C3%A8re) (born 1981), Canadian skater
* [Jacinthe Pineau](/source/Jacinthe_Pineau) (born 1974), Canadian swimmer
* [Jacinthe Taillon](/source/Jacinthe_Taillon) (born 1977), Canadian synchronized swimmer

'''Jacynthe'''
* [Jacynthe Carrier](/source/Jacynthe_Carrier) (born 1982), Canadian visual artist
* [Jacynthe Millette-Bilodeau](/source/Jacynthe_Millette-Bilodeau), Canadian pop singer
* [Jacynthe Poirier](/source/Jacynthe_Poirier) (born 1962), Canadian Olympic fencer

'''Giacinta'''
*[Giacinta Marescotti](/source/Giacinta_Marescotti) (1585–1640), Italian saint
*[Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson](/source/Giacinta_'Jinx'_Johnson), fictional [James Bond](/source/James_Bond) character

==Other==
*''Giacinta ed Ernesto'', an opera by [Julius Benedict](/source/Julius_Benedict)
*''Giacinta'', a novel by [Luigi Capuana](/source/Luigi_Capuana)
* Jacinta, an oil well drilled by Desire Petroleum in the southern part of the North Falkland Basin<ref>''Financial Times'' 30 December 2010</ref>

==References==
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Category:Feminine given names
Category:English feminine given names
Category:Given names derived from plants or flowers

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