Given name
Encarnación
“incarnation”
Encarnación is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Encarnación goes back to a word meaning “incarnation.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
Encarnación’s family of names
Encarnación has a short form in Encarna. In Spanish usage, Encarnación shares a linguistic root with the Basque form Gizakunde. Encarnación has a conventional naming counterpart in Gixane.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Encarnación
- Encarnación AlzonaFilipino historian, educator and suffragist (1895-2001)
- La ArgentinitaSpanish dancer and singer (1898–1945)
- Encarna GranadosSpanish athletics competitor (born 1972)
- Encarnación EzcurraArgentine politician (1795–1838)
- Encarnación MagañaSpanish anarchist and libertarian feminist1921–1942
- Encarnación CabréSpanish archaeologist1911–2005
- Encarna SánchezSpanish television presenter (1935–1996)
- Encarnación RedondoSpanish politicianborn 1944
- Encarnita PoloSpanish actor and singer1939–2025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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