Queralt

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Girl · Catalan place-name, uncertain

Queralt

Say it: keh-RAL

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Meaning

From the Marian sanctuary of Queralt above Berga in Catalonia; the place-name is of uncertain origin.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

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 Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Catalan

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Where this comes from

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