Fun Facts About the Name Jacaranda
- 5 babies named Jacaranda: U.S. records list 5 babies given the name Jacaranda from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jacaranda Mean?
Jacaranda is a word name taken from the tropical American tree and is commonly glossed as fragrant, from a Tupi-Guarani word that reached European languages through Portuguese jacarandá. Portuguese uses the term for several trees, including the ornamental jacaranda; English adopted the botanical genus name Jacaranda and the common tree name. The exact Tupi-Guarani source word and its literal sense are not securely reconstructed, so 'fragrant' is best treated as the conventional explanation rather than a fully established etymology. As a personal name, Jacaranda denotes the tree rather than a traditional inherited given-name meaning.
Jacaranda Name History & Origins
The word behind the name is Portuguese jacarandá, borrowed from a Tupi-Guarani name for trees of tropical South America. Portuguese speakers applied it to hardwood trees, and botanical Latin took it up as the genus name Jacaranda. English uses Jacaranda both for the genus and for the widely planted ornamental tree Jacaranda mimosifolia, known for its blue-violet flowers. The given name is a word name drawn from the tree rather than a variant of an older European personal name; its history as a personal name is therefore the history of that botanical word in English.
How Popular is the Name Jacaranda?
Jacaranda has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1988. Its best rank was #12,498 in 1988.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | #12,498 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Jacaranda Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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