Graciela

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Graciela is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name233K records spelled Graciela12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Graciëla, Graciéla, Gräciêla, Gräcïëlä, Gráciela

• Russian given name1.3K records spelled Graciela12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Spain, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Грасиэла, Грасиела, Грасіела, Grasiela, Грасьела

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Graciela is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, a diminutive of the female given name Gracia, equivalent to Italian Graziella

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Italian Graziella, diminutive of Grazia ‘Grace’; spread by Lamartine’s novel

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 119 years between 1902–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Graciela Romerob. 1925CLChilean journalist (1925-2011)
• Graciela Fernández Meijideb. 1931ARArgentine human rights activist and politician
• Graciela Danieleb. 1939ARAmerican dancer and choreographer
• Graciela Borgesb. 1941ARactress
• Graciela Chichilniskyb. 1946USAmerican economist
• Graciela Alfanob. 1952ARArgentine model, actress, and TV entertainer
• Graciela Susanab. 1953ARArgentine singer and guitarist (1953-2024)
• Graciela Ocañab. 1960ARArgentine politician
• Graciela Stefanib. 1963ARArgentine actress
• Graciela Molinab. 1977ESSpanish voice actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 783 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Graciela?

We estimate roughly 70 thousand people bear Graciela (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Graciela have the most bearers?

Graciela is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled graciela.

How common is Graciela compared with other names?

In Argentina, Graciela is the 42nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Graciela a male or female name?

Graciela is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Graciela mean?

Recorded meaning: Pet form of GRACIA. Gregorio $ From Greek.