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I'm constantly amazed that Jacintha / Jacinda isn't more popular. I find it feminine in the extreme, without being fluffy or foo-foo.

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I first heard the name Jacintha as a child. Three Irish sisters were named Corinna ("cor-EE-nuh"), Jacintha and Miriam. (And if you've never heard Corinna and Miriam pronounced with that soft, Gaelic "r" you'd never lived.) Anyway, for the longest time I couldn't think of Jacintha on its own. It always belonged with Corinna and Miriam. But then I was reading about George Orwell. Two women in his life (I forget the exact relationships) were Esme and Jacintha. Suddenly the combination Esme Jacintha popped to mind and I was a gonner.

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Hyacinth is extremely pretty as well, but it doesn't seem as useable as Jacintha. It feels mroe like a GP name.

I think Hyacinth is a bit much, especially after seeing the miniseries Wives and Daughters in which there was an insipid character named Hyacinth.

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Jacintha is no better.

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I do, however, love Jacinda and Giacinta.

I like Hyacinth. I don't like Jacintha as much. I like Jacinta better.

I knew a girl in high school who really liked the name Hyacinth. I think it's sort of cutely bizarre. Like the book about a mouse named Chrysanthemum.

This message was edited 1/14/2011, 11:54 AM