The given name Jacinta is the feminine form of old European masculine name known across the West as
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 and Australia.
People
Jacinda
Jacinta
- Jacinta Allan, Australian politician
- Jacinta Coleman (1974–2017), New Zealand road cyclist
- Jacinta John, Australian actress, producer and director
- Jacinta Monroe (born 1988), American professional women's basketball player
- Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (born 1981), Australian politician
- Jacinta Stapleton, Australian actress
- Jacinta Brondgeest, Australian dance-pop singer
- Jacinta Marto, one of three Portuguese shepherd children who claimed to witness the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima
- Jacinta Tynan (born 1969), Australian news presenter and journalist
- Jacinta Ruru, New Zealand Maori professor of law
Jacinthe
Jacynthe
Giacinta
Other
- Giacinta ed Ernesto, an opera by Julius Benedict
- Giacinta, a novel by Luigi Capuana
- Jacinta, an oil well drilled by Desire Petroleum in the southern part of the North Falkland Basin[1]
- Jacinta (FD159), a stern-fishing trawler ship launched in 1972
See also
References
- ^ Financial Times 30 December 2010
