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Altagracia

Girl · Spanish

Altagracia

Say it: ahl-tah-GRAH-syah

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Meaning

Spanish 'high grace', after Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, patroness of the Dominican Republic.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Above all a Dominican name, given in honour of the Altagracia image venerated at Higüey.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

05101518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1975per million babies of that sex
  • 779 babies given this name since 1915
  • At its height in 1926, about 1 in 69,700 girls
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Caribbean

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Where this comes from

  • Parish baptism registers
  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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