Jacinda

Where Jacinda comes from

Probably an alteration of Spanish Jacinta under the influence of the female given name suffix -inda.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jacinda
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #4,533 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Peak, #1,093
    169 babies named Jacinda — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,203.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.