Jacinta is a feminine given name of

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and

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

origin meaning

hyacinth ''Hyacinthus'' is a genus of bulbous herbs, and spring-blooming Perennial plant, perennials. They are fragrant flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae and are commonly called hyacinths (). The genus is native predomin ...

. It is the feminine form of Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacenty (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

). 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 New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

and

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People

Jacinda *

Jacinda Ardern Dame Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern ( ; born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician and activist who was the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, leader of the Labour Party from 2017 to 2023. She was ...

(born 1980), former Prime Minister of New Zealand * Jacinda Barclay (1991–2020), Australian sportswoman * Jacinda Barrett (born 1972), Australian actress *

Jacinda Russell Jacinda Russell (born 1972) is an American photographer and installation artist. She is an Associate Professor of Art at Ball State University. Early life and education Russell's family are from Southern California and she lived in Tucson, Arizona ...

(born 1972), American photographer *

Jacinda Vidrio The Character (arts), characters of American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off ''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' are related to classic fairy tale and fantasy chara ...

, a fictional character in the TV series ''Once Upon a Time'' Jacinta *

Jacinta Allan Jacinta Marie Allan (born 19 September 1973) is an Australian politician serving as the 49th and current premier of Victoria since 2023. She has been the leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and has been ...

(born 1973), Australian politician * Jacinta Coleman (1974–2017), New Zealand road cyclist *

Jacinta John Jacinta John is an Australian actress, producer and director. She is best known for her performance as Miss Casewell in the (2012–2013) 60th anniversary tour of Agatha Christie's ''The Mousetrap'', which played to an audience of over 150,000 ...

, Australian actress, producer and director *

Jacinta Monroe Jacinta Monroe (born September 4, 1988) is an American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Career Monroe attended Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she was the 200 ...

(born 1988), American professional women's basketball player *

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price Jacinta Yangapi Nampijinpa Price (; born 12 May 1981) is an Australian politician from the Northern Territory. She has been a senator for the Northern Territory since the 2022 federal election. She is a member of the Country Liberal Party, a c ...

(born 1981), Australian politician *

Jacinta Stapleton Jacinta Patrice Stapleton (born 6 June 1979) is an Australian actress. Best known for her role as Amy Greenwood in the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1997–2000, 2005 and 2020–2023). Her most notable role was playing u ...

(born 1979), Australian actress *

Jacinta Brondgeest Jacinta Anne Brondgeest, Jacinta, is an American musician, singer, composer, music producer, and electronic dance music artist. Life and career Jacinta Brondgeest was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in Sydney. She started her musical ca ...

dance-pop Dance-pop is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit ra ...

singer * Jacinta Marto (1910–1920), one of three Portuguese shepherd children who claimed to witness the apparitions of

Our Lady of Fátima Our Lady of Fátima (, ; formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima) is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portu ...

Jacinta Tynan Jacinta Tynan (born 8 August 1969) is an Australian news presenter and journalist. Tynan has previously been a news presenter on Sky News Australia Career She started her career as a snow reporter for Thredbo before working as a reporter/w ...

(born 1969), Australian news presenter and journalist *

Jacinta Ruru Jacinta Arianna Ruru (born 1974) is an established New Zealand academic and the first Māori professor of law. Ruru is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Māori at the University of Otago. Academic career Ruru completed a Master's at the ...

(born 1974), New Zealand Maori professor of law Jacintha *

Jacintha Abisheganaden Jacintha Abisheganaden (born 3 October 1957), known professionally as Jacintha, is a Singaporean singer, actress, and theater practitioner who studied at the National University of Singapore and received a degree in arts, majoring in English li ...

(born 1957), Singaporean singer and actress Jacinthe *

Jacinthe Bouchard Jacinthe Bouchard is a Canadian animal behaviorist and trainer. Bouchard is from Montreal and has lived in Mauricie for almost thirty years. She is widely recognized as a trainer of zoo animals, as well as a dog trainer and is the director of th ...

, Canadian animal behaviorist and trainer * Jacinthe Laguë, Canadian actress * Jacinthe Larivière (born 1981), Canadian skater * Jacinthe Pineau (born 1974), Canadian swimmer * Jacinthe Taillon (born 1977), Canadian synchronized swimmer Jacynthe * Jacynthe Carrier (born 1982), Canadian visual artist *

Jacynthe Millette-Bilodeau Jacynthe Millette-Bilodeau is a Canadian pop music, pop singer who records as Jacynthe. She records material in English, French and Italian, and has had Top 40 hits on both the English language, anglophone and francophone pop charts in Canada. S ...

, Canadian pop singer *

Jacynthe Poirier Jacynthe Poirier (born 4 July 1962) is a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and offic ...

(born 1962), Canadian Olympic fencer Giacinta * Giacinta Marescotti (1585–1640), Italian saint *

Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson is a fictional character in the ''James Bond'' franchise, first appearing in '' Die Another Day'', portrayed by Halle Berry. Appearances Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson is a National Security Agency agent assigned to kill rogue No ...

, fictional

James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...

character

Other

*''Giacinta ed Ernesto'', an opera by

Julius Benedict Sir Julius Benedict (27 November 1804 – 5 June 1885) was a German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. Life and music Benedict was born in Stuttgart, the son of a Jewish banker, and in 1820 learnt compos ...

*''Giacinta'', a novel by

Luigi Capuana Luigi Capuana (May 28, 1839 – November 29, 1915) was an Italian author and journalist and one of the main exponents of '' Verismo''. He was a contemporary of Giovanni Verga, both having been born in the province of Catania within a year of eac ...

* Jacinta, an oil well drilled by Desire Petroleum in the southern part of the North Falkland Basin''Financial Times'' 30 December 2010 * Jacinta (FD159), a stern-fishing trawler ship launched in 1972

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