Given name & surname
Gracian
“one who is dearly loved”
Gracian is a variant of Graziano. One Italian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gracian is a variant of Graziano. One Italian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gracian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 495 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gracian’s family of names
Gracian has a related form in Graziano.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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