Graciela means grace — the full Spanish form of Grace/Gracia, from the Latin gratia. Graciela is how the entire Spanish-speaking world says grace — 500 million speakers. The -ela ending gives maximum Spanish-feminine flowing. Four syllables of Latin-grace through the fullest, most flowing Spanish form.
Graciela is the full Spanish form of Grace meaning grace. 500 million Spanish speakers know this form.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Full Spanish form.
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Today
Graciela remains a beloved choice, ranking #1862 in the US. 16,244 babies have been named Graciela since 1916.
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How popular is Graciela?
1998peak year
The name Graciela reached its peak in 1998, with 428 registrations (ranked #574). It had been quietly building for over half a century before that, first appearing in records in 1916. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #1862) today, averaging about 109 new babies per year. Graciela's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 16,244 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Graciela's Life Path 6 is the nurturer's number — grace-level nurturing. People named Graciela tend to be warm, flowing, and gifted at being grace for 500 million people.
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