Gender Feminine
Usage Literature, French (Rare), Haitian Creole
Meaning & History
Feminine form of Gracieux. This name was first used as one of the main characters of Madame d'Aulnoy's fairy tale Gracieuse and Percinet (1697). It was later used by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont as the name of the love interest in her fairy tale Prince Fortune and Prince Fatal (1757).