Engracia

Girl · Latin

Engracia

Say it: en-GRAH-thyah

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Meaning

From Late Latin Engratia, usually read as 'in grace'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Spread through devotion to the Zaragoza martyr; the church of Santa Engrácia in Lisbon also bears her name.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

53 babies given this name since 1925
At its height in 1928, about 1 in 164,800 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Spanish Portuguese Catalan

The family of the name

Catalan	Engràcia
Portuguese	Engrácia

Famous bearers

Saint Engratia, martyr of Zaragoza

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Calendars of saints and name days
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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