Hyacinth 2

Hyacinth and Halcyon would make a good sibling duo.

J'adore this name, honestly. When I hear this name I think of the Hyacinth Macaw and not the flower, but still the bird is gorgeous and and a sight for sore eyes, majestic even. I know many might think this name is masculine or abrupt, but honestly in my opinion it's very gender neutral and can be used for both male and female humans. This has to be one of my favorite names and if I found someone with this name, I would totally be their friend.

Not feminine at all, and odd sounding. It looks cool, but saying it sounds pretty bad.

So beautiful ❤️.

I love it! It’s so beautiful and cool and unique without being made-up. I might name my daughter this. I like how it isn’t so girly and feminine-sounding like Arabella, Delilah, or Isabella.

Pretty and unique, but still quite pompous. I would shorten it to Cindy.

Hyacinth is a quirky name, but it has a lot of flowery vintage charm which I love. Great name!

I think this name is beautiful! :)

This is a big guilty pleasure name for me! Hyacinths are my favorite flowers, and purple is my favorite color. I love the look and unusual sound of this name, I think it just sounds so unconventionally beautiful. But it is more unusual of a name than I prefer, and I'd imagine a daughter named Hyacinth would have a difficult time spelling it and having to explain the origins of her name all the time. Maybe as a middle name, someday.

This name is very pretty and cute. I like the Spanish version, Jacinta, a lot as well.

I think Hyacinth is gorgeous for a little girl! I love it.

A cool offbeat choice for a girl - makes a nice alternative to all the Daisies and Violets around right now. For a boy, however, mmm, trying to imagine the scene when a boy walks into a typical American kindergarten classroom and announces his name is Hyacinth. It ain't pretty.

Like the flower reference and pronunciation (though I don't think there would be a good nickname for it), but I wouldn't really like it for a name. Naming a child this would be like the equivalent to Ganymede, due to its association with homosexuality and other 'touchy' subjects.

Kinda hard to name a girl this especially with its sadly romantic and 'queer' association lol. It's really queer because its origin is really odd (yes and not really straight as I can tell, I just checked the whole information out. I'm surprised Apollo was involved in all of this and a lot of people have no idea but never mind) and having to be a flower makes it even more hard and confusing.

Well, it doesn't make a difference anyway whether it's based on some myth or not. After all it's just a myth but still like I said, it's kinda hard and confusing first because of it being related to a myth (even if it's not real, obviously)--and one should know how some people can be, knowing about everything in classical mythology and all that stuff--then I don't really catch on the "flowery" part and origin, it just gets more for some reason. Just uncanny.

What does the origin and myth have to do with naming a child this? True, yes Hyakinthos (Hyacinth) and Apollo were lovers. He was youth *loved* by Apollon, as it is read in many sources. So what? How can this affect the name itself? I think it'd make a beautiful name or middle-name for a girl, or boy. It is soft and the flower itself can be good reason for a name.

I like this name, particularly because of the lovely, deep violet-indigo of the flowers. For girls, it seems extremely feminine and demure, but because of the dark colour, not too dainty, and finally, slightly androgynous because of its origin as Apollo's slain lover (and yes, don't argue; anyone who knows myths well enough could tell you they were lovers). For a boy, I would suggest it for anyone who does not want his/her son to be a rugged, macho, typically male boy. Hyacinth was athletic and strong, like a mother would want her son to be, but again, there is a slightly androgynous element to the name.