Name «Grada»

The name 'Grada' is a truncated variant of a two-root masculine name, which contains a pre-positional component with a non-full vocal basis 'Grad' (in the Ukrainian language, the equivalent is 'город', meaning 'city' or 'to enclose'). This name is a syncope variant of the full feminine name 'Gradimira' or the masculine name 'Gradimir', which are still used among Bulgarians, Serbs, and Croats. The earliest Ukrainian mention of the feminine name 'Grada' dates back to 1461: "...gave Grada - m. Suceava".