Given name & surname
Graciano
“one who is dearly loved”
Graciano is a variant of Graziano. One Italian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Graciano is a variant of Graziano. One Italian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Graciano is a form of Gratien. An origin associated with Gratien is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Graciano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 204
- 204 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 10 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 7 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1948. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 858 as a first name in 2020; 2,716 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.
Graciano’s family of names
Graciano shares a linguistic root with Gratien. Graciano has a related form in Graziano. In Spanish usage, Graciano has a related form in Gracián.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Graciano
- Graciano RocchigianiGerman boxer (1963–2018)
- Graciano López JaenaFilipino journalist (1856-1896)
- Graciano AntuñaSpanish politician (1902–1937)
- Graciano García GarcíaSpanish journalistborn 1939
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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