Jacinto is a Spanish and Portuguese name meaning Hyacinth,[1] which can refer to Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr (Hyacinth and Protus), or the Hyacinth flower itself.
Common English nicknames for "Jacinto" are "Chinto" and "Jesse". Jacinto has only a few equivalents in other languages such as the Polish "Jacek" and "Jacenty", the Italian "Giacinto" and the Hungarian "Jácint". The feminine equivalent of Jacinto is Jacinta.
People with the given name include:
Jacinto Barquín (1915–?), Cuban footballer
Jacinto Barrasa (died 1704), Peruvian Jesuit preacher and historian
Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954), Spanish dramatist and Nobel laureate
Jacinto Caamaño (1759–1829), leader of the last great Spanish exploration of Alaska (then Russian America) and the coast of what is now British Columbia
Jacinto Canek (c. 1731–1761), Maya revolutionary who fought against the Spanish
Jacinto Convit (1913–2014), Venezuelan physician and scientist
Jacinto Diniz (1888–1949), American politician and businessman
Jacinto Elá (born 1982), Equatoguinean retired footballer
Jacinto Espinoza (born 1969), Ecuadorian former football goalkeeper
Jacinto Grau (1877–1958), Spanish playwright and writer
Jacinto João (1944–2004), Portuguese footballer
Jacinto Lara (1777–1859), Venezuelan independence leader and military officer of the Venezuelan War of Independence
Jacinto Molina Álvarez, birth name of Paul Naschy (1934–2009), Spanish film actor, screenwriter and director
Jacinto Morano (born 1984), Spanish lawyer and politician
Jacinto Moreno (fl. 1985), retired Philippine Constabulary enlisted trooper and recipient of the Medal of Valor, the Philippines' highest military award for courage
Jacinto Peynado (1878–1940), president of the Dominican Republic from 1938 to 1940
Jacinto Quincoces (1905–1997), Spanish football player and manager
Jacinto Rodríguez (footballer) (born 1958), Paraguayan former footballer
Jacinto Rodríguez Díaz (1901–1929), aviation pioneer in Guatemala
Jacinto Rodriguez (1815–1880), recipient of the Rancho Jacinto Mexican land grant
Jacinto Santos (born 1941), Portuguese former footballer
Jacinto Vera (1813–1881), Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and first bishop of Montevideo
Jacinto Zamora (1835–1872), Filipino Catholic priest, one of a trio of priests falsely accused of mutiny
^Stafford, Diane (1 September 2011). 60,001+ Best Baby Names , 2E. Sourcebooks. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-4022-6027-8.
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