Hmm, sounds like the Latin name for a flower...

I like it a lot. But I tend to like names like this.

I think it's pretty, but also a bit much.

pretentious lower class British

Anonymous wrote:What do you think of the name "Hyacinth"? And, other than "Cynthia" or "Cindy," are there any other nicknames that come from it?

Hate it

What about Zinnia for a pretty but underused flower name?

Hyacinth = Jamaican maid/housekeepe. Pretentious third world name based on by gone Brits.

Anonymous wrote:I think of the book "Chrysanthemum"

I love that book and name.

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Anonymous wrote:Never even heard of the show, but find it to be an odd name, and a desperate effort to be super unique and creative. If you like flowers, then Lily, Rose, Daisy, Violet are all fairly mainstream. To me, Hyacinth is like naming someone Azalea. odd. sorry, just my opinion.

Did you just read the new Parents issue? Because one of the writers in it has a daughter named Azalea and I cracked up. Another of the authors has a son named Saxon, which sounds to my British Isles ear as odd as naming your child Viking.

The issue I just received last week has an article about two moms road tripping with their children... the names in that article were TERRIBLE!

I also mostly associate it with the Julia Quinn novel. Her Hyacinth was a spunky gel. Anyway, IMO it is pretty and fresh.

I like Dahlia and Iris, personally. I also like the other popular flower names (Lily, Rose, Daisy).

And, Laurel is a lovely name, but I would classify it as a tree name. I say that because it might open up some options you have thought of if you're looking for something to coordinate.

Anonymous wrote:Never even heard of the show, but find it to be an odd name, and a desperate effort to be super unique and creative. If you like flowers, then Lily, Rose, Daisy, Violet are all fairly mainstream. To me, Hyacinth is like naming someone Azalea. odd. sorry, just my opinion.

Did you just read the new Parents issue? Because one of the writers in it has a daughter named Azalea and I cracked up. Another of the authors has a son named Saxon, which sounds to my British Isles ear as odd as naming your child Viking.

Anonymous wrote:I think of the Kushiel books by Jacqueline Carey. Of course, Carey's Hyacinthe is a boy. But I've never heard, read, or seen it used anywhere else.

Me too! So bummed the later ones are such dreck.

OP, I know someone who named her daughter Jacinthe -- apparently it's the French form of Hyacinth/Jacinda. It's kind of cute on her and not as long as the other 2 names, the problem is nobody knows how to pronounce it correctly.

Jacinda - ick.
Hyacinth, I wouldn't do it. It's a mouthful.