Meaning of the nameJacinta

Jacinta is the feminine form of Jacinto, a name that comes, through Latin, from the Greek Hyakinthos, taken from the name of the hyacinth flower.

Meaning

“feminine form of Jacinto, a Greek name taken from the hyacinth flower”

Source: Behind the Name: Jacinta · Behind the Name: Hyacinthus

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People (2022): 11,195
Rank in Brazil: #1,572
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 13,476; people

Jacinta in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jacinta, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (3,684 people).

11,135 women 60 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jacinta is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jacinta in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Ceará 0.021%
Paraíba 0.016%
Piauí 0.013%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.011%

All states

State	People	% of population
Ceará	1,872	0.021%
São Paulo	1,338	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,237	0.011%
Minas Gerais	1,094	0.005%
Paraíba	617	0.016%
Paraná	609	0.005%
Santa Catarina	588	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	474	0.003%
Pernambuco	442	0.005%
Piauí	408	0.013%
Bahia	399	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	349	0.011%
Maranhão	309	0.005%
Goiás	299	0.004%
Mato Grosso	192	0.005%
Pará	155	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	155	0.006%
Distrito Federal	152	0.005%
Espírito Santo	132	0.003%
Amazonas	107	0.003%
Tocantins	78	0.005%
Alagoas	64	0.002%
Rondônia	41	0.003%
Sergipe	33	0.002%
Acre	31	0.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Jacinta

Wiktionary records Jacinta as a feminine name, equivalent to the English Hyacinth and a feminine form of Jacinto, coming from the Latin Hyacintha and the Greek Ὑακίνθη (Huakínthē). Behind the Name presents it as the Portuguese and Spanish feminine form of Hyacinthus, the Latinized form of the Greek Hyakinthos, a name derived from the hyacinth flower; in the Greek legend, the flower springs from the blood of the young Hyacinthus. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,195 people named Jacinta, with a peak among those born in the 1960s (3,684 people). Proportionally, the name is most common in Ceará.

Sources

Wiktionary: Jacinta · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Jacinta · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Hyacinthus · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Jacinta

What does the name Jacinta mean?

Jacinta means “feminine form of Jacinto, a Greek name taken from the hyacinth flower”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jacinta in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,195 people with the first name Jacinta, which ranks it number 1,572 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Jacinta a boy's or a girl's name?

Jacinta is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 11,135 women and 60 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jacinta?

Jacinta is a name of Latin and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jacinta most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.021% of the state's population is named Jacinta (1,872 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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