Dolça

Girl · Latin, through Catalan and Occitan

Dolça

Say it: DOL-suh

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Meaning

Catalan and Occitan 'sweet', from Latin dulcis.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Used by the comital family of Barcelona in the 12th century and carried to Portugal by Queen Dulce.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

Catalan Portuguese

The family of the name

Spanish	Dulce
Portuguese	Dulce

Famous bearers

Dolça of Provence, countess of Barcelona
Dulce of Aragon, queen of Portugal

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies

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