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Graciela
Say it: grah-SYEH-lah
Meaning
From Italian Graziella, a diminutive of Grazia 'grace', after the novel 'Graziella' (1852) by Lamartine.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in Argentina and Mexico in the early and mid 20th century.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 15,829 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 1998, about 1 in 4,100 girls
- 103 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Chela
| Italian | Graziella |
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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