Gražina is a Lithuanian

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. The name was created by the Polish poet

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for the main character of his 1823 poem '' Grażyna''. The name is derived from the

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''gražus'', meaning "pretty", "beautiful".April 1
a name day for Grażyna In Lithuanian tradition, the

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for Gražina is September 26.
a name day for Gražina

People

Some of the notable Lithuanian people named Gražina include: *

Gražina Degutytė-Švažienė Gražina Degutytė-Švažienė (born 7 June 1938 in Tauragė) is a Lithuanian ceramic artist. Biography Gražina Degutytė-Švažienė graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Fine Arts. Since 1962, she has worked and taught at the Lithuanian ...

(born 1938), ceramics artist *

Gražina Didelytė Gražina Didelytė-Abaravičienė (2 October, 1938 – January 2, 2007) was a Lithuanian graphic artist and book illustrator. Biography Gražina Didelytė has born in a suburban (at that time) area of Kaunas in 1938. She graduated Kaunas Salomėja ...

(1938–2007), graphic artist and illustrator * Gražina Didžiūnaitytė (1940–2008), painter *

Gražina Sviderskytė Gražina Sviderskytė (born March 22, 1973, in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian newscaster and author, currently working on documentary films. Together with the famous Lithuanian pilot, Jurgis Kairys, Gražina Sviderskytė won the CNN Best Reporter Award i ...

(born 1973), newscaster and author

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grazina Lithuanian feminine given names Feminine given names

People

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