Iracema

/IH-R-AA-K-EH-M-AA/

Girl Christian Portuguese origin BrazilianIndigenous

Honey-lipped, from Tupi yra 'honey' and tembe 'lips,' the name of the indigenous heroine of a foundational Brazilian Romantic novel that mythologised the meeting of native and Portuguese worlds. Famously an anagram of 'America,' it endures as a lyrical emblem of Brazil's indigenous heritage and its national imagination.

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Meaning & origin

Iracema is a girl's name of Portuguese origin, traditionally used in Christian families. The name means "Honey-lipped, from Tupi yra 'honey' and tembe 'lips,' the name of the indigenous heroine of a foundational Brazilian Romantic novel that mythologised the meeting of native and Portuguese worlds. Famously an anagram of 'America,' it endures as a lyrical emblem of Brazil's indigenous heritage and its national imagination." and belongs to the Beauty cluster — names that carry grace, elegance, and aesthetic wonder.

Common among Brazilian, Indigenous, Portuguese families, Iracema carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Iracema

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Iracema resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
5
freedom and adventurous change
Chaldean
8
material mastery and executive power

How Iracema sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Iracema breaks down into 7 phonemes: /IH-R-AA-K-EH-M-AA/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

The six signals, applied to Iracema

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Iracema maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.

01 — Birth Star
Nakshatra match
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02 — Numerology
Destiny alignment
Pythagorean and Chaldean life-path calculations (destiny 5) matched against your family's own numerology profile.
03 — Phonetics
Last-name fit
Rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters measured with IPA to see how Iracema flows with your family name.
04 — Meaning
Beauty
Iracema belongs to the Beauty cluster — names that carry grace, elegance, and aesthetic wonder.
05 — Cultural & Tradition
Christian
As a Christian name, Iracema carries religious and cultural weight scored against your family's heritage — plus grandparent-name matches, saint's-day alignment, and generational naming patterns scored against your family tree.
06 — Uniqueness
Popularity balance
How common Iracema is today versus historically — finding the sweet spot between familiar and forgotten.

Names similar to Iracema

If Iracema resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Christian girl names, common in Brazilian families

Inês
Pure — Inês (Portuguese form of Agnes, Greek hagne 'pure') names a girl after St. Agnes of Rome, the 13-year-old martyr. A foundational Portuguese-Brazilian Catholic female name.
Tereza
Harvester — Tereza (Czech, also a Portuguese form, from Greek Therasia) is the Slavic form of Theresa, a name long bound to the Carmelite tradition. It honours the mystic and reformer Teresa of Avila, a doctor of the church, and is among the most familiar feminine names across Czech and Slovak families.
Catarina
Pure — the Portuguese form of Catherine, from Greek Aikaterina. It honours Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the Portuguese princess Catarina de Braganca, whose marriage to a king of England carried a dowry including Bombay and Tangier and introduced the custom of tea-drinking to the English court. An elegant, enduring Lusophone feminine.
Leonor
Light and compassion — the Portuguese form of Eleanor, from Old French Alienor. Borne by a queen-princess of Portugal who founded the Misericordias, a charitable network of hospitals that still serves the country and former Portuguese territories. A luminous Iberian feminine carrying associations of mercy and the radiance of its name.

Sharing the same meaning

Other Christian girl names from the Beauty cluster

Ella
All, completely, from a Continental Germanic root meaning whole or entire, brought to Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers; later readings also tie it to the fairy or to beauty. Short, bright, and effortless, it has become a favourite far beyond its early English roots.
Delilah
Delicate, languishing — Biblical temptress of extraordinary beauty
Cora
Maiden, from Greek Korē, a name for Persephone

Names that sound similar

Christian girl names that open with the same syllables as Iracema

Irina
From Greek Eirene (peace). Common across Russia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and the wider Orthodox world.
Irmgard
Universal protection, from the Germanic irmin (whole, great, universal) and gard (enclosure, stronghold), a name uniting vastness with shelter. It casts the bearer as an all-encompassing refuge, total safety, the protective wall drawn wide enough to guard the whole of what it surrounds.
Isabella
From Hebrew Elisheba (my God is my oath) through Latin Isabella

Common questions about Iracema

What does the name Iracema mean?

Iracema means "Honey-lipped, from Tupi yra 'honey' and tembe 'lips,' the name of the indigenous heroine of a foundational Brazilian Romantic novel that mythologised the meeting of native and Portuguese worlds. Famously an anagram of 'America,' it endures as a lyrical emblem of Brazil's indigenous heritage and its national imagination.." It is a girl name of Portuguese origin, traditionally used in Christian families.

Is Iracema a boy or girl name?

Iracema is most commonly used as a girl name.

What is the origin of the name Iracema?

Iracema is of Portuguese origin, used in Christian tradition, commonly among Brazilian, Indigenous, Portuguese families.

What is the numerology of Iracema?

Iracema has a Pythagorean destiny number of 5 — freedom and adventurous change.

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