Gratian

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Roman emperor

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/gʁatiɑ̃/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gratian is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 373K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ATAustria≈1 in 2.1M
  • ITItaly≈1 in 2.8M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈180 people, est.

Sources
96 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 373K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Roman emperor

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gratian counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gratian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈180 est.≈1 in 373K21Gratian96
US United States≈24 est.≈1 in 14M5—4
IT Italy≈22 est.≈1 in 2.8M1—2
AT Austria≈4 est.≈1 in 2.1M7——
PL Poland——5——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gratian is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Tanzania, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Graţian, Grațian

  • Romanian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United Kingdom

    Also written Grațian, Grățian

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Grațian, Graţian

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Grațian

41 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(measured from records)

Gratian 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 English, Latin name, from gratia 'favor, grace'

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  • In German, ) Grazian: männl. Vom. latei­ nischen Ursprungs (lat. Gratianus, zu lat. grätus »anmutig, willkommen, teuer, lieb«).

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMonsieur,Dear Mr Gratian, (English)
InformalBonjour Gratian,Hi Gratian, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Gratian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195128—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194127—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196124—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191120—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192116—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193115—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18916—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gratian mean, and where does it come from?
Roman emperor Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
How do you pronounce Gratian?
A machine transcription gives /gʁatiɑ̃/ (IPA) for French.
What are other forms of the name Gratian?
In the etymology graph, Graziano is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Gratian have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 182 people named Gratian in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gratian.
How common is the name Gratian?
Mondonomo estimates about 180 people in France have Gratian as their first surname, about 1 in 373 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gratian”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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