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
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Grammatical form
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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

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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.