Gratia Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Arms linked to Gracia and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Gratia is a branch of the Gracia name tree. Read literally, Gratia points to “A Marian reference to grace”.

Gratia writes “t” in place of the “c” found in Gracia, a typical scribal difference. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Related forms: Grazia. French birth records list 345 children named Gratia between 1891 and 2000. Births ran at 19 in 1891–1900 and 33 in 1991–2000.

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