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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Yes — Iracema is a Christian girl name of Portuguese origin, meaning “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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MeaningThe Beauty cluster
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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.

What would a baby named Iracema look like?

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What does Iracema's numerology say?

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

Iracema's destiny number is 5 — but a number only matters in context. The app matches it to your family's own numbers for a real compatibility read. See Iracema's full reading →

Does Iracema go with your family's names?

Iracema breaks into 7 sounds: /IH-R-AA-K-EH-M-AA/. The real test isn't how it sounds alone — it's how it sounds beside the names already in your family: yours, your partner's, and any brothers or sisters. NameRoot scores that harmony, so Iracema sits naturally next to a Mum and Dad like Michael & Anna, or a big sister named Gianna — no awkward clashes, no two names that blur together. Hear Iracema beside your family's names →

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
Pari
From Persian 'pari' (fairy, angel, supernatural beauty). Persian mythology. Cross-religious in India.

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

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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.

Is Iracema a Christian name?

Yes. Iracema is a girl name traditionally used in Christian families, of Portuguese origin.

What does Iracema mean in Portuguese?

Iracema originates from Portuguese, where it 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.."

What is the numerology of Iracema?

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

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