Entry № 473 · Spanish origin

Altagracia Altagracia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ahl-tah-GRAH-syah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
"Patron saint of the Dominican Republic"
Syllables
5
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "patron saint of the dominican republic".

Altagracia is from the Spanish alta gracia (high grace, supreme grace) — referring to Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia (Our Lady of Highest Grace). Altagracia Domínguez — modern Dominican-American figure. Altagracia Salazar — Dominican journalist. Altagracia Rosario — modern Dominican-American figure. Princess Altagracia — Dominican heritage naming.

and Caribbean Catholic tradition.

Patron saint of the Dominican Republic.

The name in its native script.

Altagracia
Transliteration
Altagracia
Pronunciation
/ ˌɑːl.təˈɡrɑː.sjə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Altagracia stands.

Altagracia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Altagracias before her.

Real people

In fiction
Our Lady of Altagracia
Patron saint of Dominican Republic.

Names connected to Altagracia.

The number behind Altagracia.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Altagracia reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.