The name is derived from a Greek word meaning the blue larkspur flower or the colour purple.
[1] English variant forms include Hyacintha or Hyacinthia.
European equivalents include Hyacinthe (French), Hyazinth (German),[2] Jacek (Polish, male), Iakinf (Иакинф; Russian).
The Spanish name Jacinta is closely related, referring to the hyacinth flower.
Jacinda (Greek and Spanish) may refer to either.