Girl · Latin, through Portuguese
Graça
Say it: GRAH-suh
Meaning
Portuguese 'grace', from Nossa Senhora da Graça, often given as Maria da Graça.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in Portugal in the 19th and 20th centuries and rare for babies today.
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
Used by
The family of the name
| Spanish | Gracia |
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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