MEANING & HISTORY
What does Altagracia mean?
Altagracia comes from Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, Our Lady of High Grace, a Marian title especially associated with the Dominican Republic. The Spanish components express high and grace.
The devotional title supplies the immediate naming formation, rather than a generic compound invented for a modern bearer. It can stand independently without María.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /ˌaltaˈɡɾaθja/
- [ˌal̪.t̪aˈɣ̞ɾa.θja]
- /ˌaltaˈɡɾasja/
- [ˌal̪.t̪aˈɣ̞ɾa.sja]
Al · ta · gra · cia4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
From an epithet of the Virgin Mary, María de Altagracia, the patron of the Dominican Republic, from Latin alta (“high”) + gratia (“grace”).
a female given name
Wiktionary: Altagracia (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Altagracia in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Altagracia
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Anastacia♀Resurrection; variant of Anastasia
- Engracia♀In a state of grace
- Gracia·Grace in Spanish
- Alicia♀Noble kind; form of Alice
- Lucrecia♀Roman Lucretia form; possibly associated with wealth
- Patricia♀Noble; feminine form of Patricius
- Tricia♀Short form of Patricia; patrician
- Alberta♀Noble and bright; feminine of Albert
What rhymes with Altagracia?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Altagracia further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Altagracia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Altagracia (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: altagracia (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.