Entry № 3012 · Spanish origin

Engracia Engracia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ en-GRAH-see-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
"In grace (Zaragoza martyr)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "in grace (zaragoza martyr)".

Engracia is the Spanish-Latin name meaning "in grace." Saint Engracia (c. 280-303) was the Portuguese-Spanish martyr who refused to renounce Christianity under Diocletian's persecution — patron saint of Zaragoza, where her basilica stands.

Used widely in Spain and Portugal.

In grace. The Zaragoza martyr.

The name in its native script.

Engracia
Transliteration
Engracia
Pronunciation
/ ɛnˈɡrɑː.si.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Engracia stands.

Engracia 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.

Engracias before her.

Real people
Saint Engracia
Zaragoza martyr.
c. 280 – 303
In fiction
Engracia
Common in Spanish historical fiction.

Names connected to Engracia.

The number behind Engracia.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Engracia reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.