Given name

Graciella

Graciella is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Graciella is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Graciella is a variant of Grace. Grace comes from the English abstract noun, which traces back to Latin gratia.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

Graciella is a variant of Grace. The shared background comes through Grace: The English word became a given name in its own right. In Ireland, Grace was also used as an English form of Grainne; that substitution is a separate naming tradition.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Graciella is a variant of Grace. The history of Grace gives this family its wider story. Puritans used Grace as a given name in the seventeenth century. Later bearers such as the rescue heroine Grace Darling and the actress Grace Kelly added distinct historical associations to it.

Combines direct and name-family evidence

Graciella through the years

Babies since 1880
1,084
0 boys · 1,084 girls
Most popular year
2010
55 babies
2025
11
#9,068 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−34%
Easing
0102030401960198020002025Highest share 20106.8
Graciella in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1950–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,068 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 33.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 55 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,191 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Graciella’s family of names

Graciella has a related form in Grace. In Greek usage, Graciella has a related form in Γρασιέλα. In Greek usage, Graciella has a related form in Γρατσέλα.

Walk Graciella’s family in the name graph

GraciellaGraceΓρατσέλαΓρασιέλα

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Graciella, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Virtue

Gracia

Gracia is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.

13Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Virtue

Graciela

Graciela is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.

40UncommonSteady

>99% girls

Virtue

Gracey

Gracey is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.

25RareCooling

>99% girls

Virtue

Amalie

“one who is industrious and hardworking” · “one with dreams and aspirations”

29RareSteady

>99% girls

Virtue

Rayanna

“an innocent woman full of grace”

20RareEasing

>99% girls

Virtue

Amalee

“one with dreams and aspirations” · “a hardworking man”

14Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Virtue

Gracie

In English and Scottish use, Gracie is an affectionate form of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.

69FamiliarEasing

>99% girls

Virtue

Bethsaida

“from the house of mercy”

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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