Hyacinth
Hyacinth is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning The fragrant purple bloom.
What Hyacinth means
The fragrant purple bloom.
Hyacinth sits at 8 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Hyacinth comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Hyacinth is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Hyacinth?
Hyacinth is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Hyacinth is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Hyacinth
We group Hyacinth under flowers and growing things and Color — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Hyacinth
These share Hyacinth's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Ianthe — Violet flower.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Bluebell — The woodland bell flower.
- Lavender — The fragrant purple flower.
- Lilac — The pale-purple blossom.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.
- Tulip — The tulip flower; turban.
- Viola — Violet flower.
- Zinnia — The bright zinnia flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.