Girl · Latin
Gracia
Say it: GRAH-thyah
Meaning
Spanish 'grace', from Latin gratia.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in Spain since the Middle Ages, both as a word name and in honour of Our Lady of Grace.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 1,894 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1887, about 1 in 14,600 girls
- 15 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Catalan | Gràcia |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Graça |
| Basque | Garazi |
Famous bearers
- Gracia Mendes Nasi, Portuguese-born Jewish merchant and patron
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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