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What does everyone think of Jacinta??

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Roopoo · 14/03/2010 09:25

We have one DD Matilda and for DD 2 were thinking Jacinta

Does Jacinta go with it??
Is it a bit too popular..

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Buda · 14/03/2010 09:26

Wouldn't have said it was popular. I took it as my confirmation name and HATE admitting that now. Don't like it. Are you in Ireland?

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Roopoo · 14/03/2010 09:29

No not in Ireland although my family is Irish.

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ArthurPewty · 14/03/2010 09:34

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MamaLazarou · 14/03/2010 11:30

It's beautiful. Does it mean hyacinth?

Bucharest · 14/03/2010 14:01

I find it very harsh sounding.
Would it be pronounced the Italian/Spanish or English way?

Fayrazzled · 14/03/2010 14:20

Dreadful- seems very sloaney to me.

clearBlueSavannah · 14/03/2010 14:30

I love it but I am biased by having a lovely friend with the name though spelt Jecinta but Cinta is the nn
Does you Matilda have a nn?
If not they are q simliar sounding imo
I am thinking yelling up the stairs

Bumperlicious · 14/03/2010 14:32

Don't really like it, how about Jocasta?

mintyfresh · 14/03/2010 20:06

I was very nearly called Jacinta! I do prefer my own name even though, unlike Jacinta it has got very popular here. It depends on how you are going to pronounce it - could be annoying having to spell it all the time?

differentID · 14/03/2010 20:13

I know 2, both from Catholic backgrounds. They are both really nice people as well. I do like the name veyr much.

StrictlyKatty · 14/03/2010 22:09

Love it!

Whelk · 15/03/2010 15:32

Love it and I love Matilda too!

ItsAllaBitNoisy · 15/03/2010 15:39

It is an def no-no in Ireland I'm afraid. Beyond chavvy here. (It is pronounced JAA SINNNN TA come 'ere ya little bitch)

Sorry.

stleger · 15/03/2010 15:56

I know a wonderful, 18 year old Jacinta. She isn't chavvy. We don't have chavs in Cork,we have langers and Stellas!

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IlooklikeGrotbagstoday · 15/03/2010 17:23

Sorry, agree with ItsAllaBitNoisy.

JAA SINNN TA

I can hear it and it's making me cringe

stleger · 15/03/2010 17:28

Cork is in Ireland, it is perfectly acceptable here (although 'old fashioned').

mathanxiety · 15/03/2010 17:46

I think it's Portuguese and also Spanish. It was the name of one of the children who saw an apparition of Mary back in 1917 in Fatima. It's popular in Ireland, though considered a bit religious and old fashioned. I think it means Hyacinth, originally from Greek. Doesn't make me cringe; I think it's pretty.

skidoodle · 15/03/2010 17:49

Hideous

ItsAllaBitNoisy · 15/03/2010 17:49

stleger you obviously move in better circles to me!

juicy12 · 15/03/2010 17:52

Jacinta, Jacinta, a girl with a splinter...

Not a fan, sorry.

Ondine · 15/03/2010 17:54

It's considered a 'chav' name in South Africa, well we don't have chavs but you know what I mean....

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mathanxiety · 16/03/2010 15:01

In Ireland, a J is a J