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Grace (given name)

female given name

Grace is a feminine first name.

Origin

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It is derived from Latin, meaning goodness and generosity. [1] It is from the word 'gratia'. The first use of the name was in the 16th Century (1500's). The name Grace comes from a series of "virtue" names, such as Hope, Charity, and Faith. They are based around Christian beliefs.

As of 2024, the name Grace is the most common girl's name in Ireland.[2]

Different Languages Variations

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_(given_name)

  • French: Grâce
  • English: Gracie
  • Albanian: Greis, Graciela
  • Italian: Grazia, Graziella
  • Indonesian: Grace, Graciela, Gratia, Gracia
  • Latin: Gratia
  • Polish: Gracja
  • Portuguese: Graça, Gracília
  • Spanish: Gracia, Graciela
  • Basque: Garazi
  • Bulgarian: Грация
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gracija


Notable People

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_(given_name)

A

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  • Grace Abbott (1878–1939), American social worker
  • Grace Adams (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
  • Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), English novelist and writer on Jewish history and religion
  • Grace Akallo (21st century), Ugandan child soldier
  • Grace Akello (born c. 1940), Ugandan poet, essayist, folklorist and politician
  • Grace Albee (1890–1985), American printmaker and wood engraver
  • Grace Alekhine (1876–1956), American-British-French female artist and chess master
  • Grace Alele-Williams (1932–2022), Nigerian mathematician and university vice-chancellor
  • Grace Alexander (1872–1951), American writer, journalist, teacher
  • Grace Greenwood Ames (1905–1979), American artist who worked predominantly in Mexico
  • Grace Andreacchi (born 1954), American-born author
  • Grace Andrews (mathematician) (1869–1951), American mathematician
  • Grace Apiafi (born 1958), Nigerian shot putter and discus thrower
  • Grace Arnold (1899–1979), English actress
  • Grace Ayensu, Ghanaian politician

B

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  • Mary Grace Baloyo (died 2001), First Lieutenant in the Philippine Air Force
  • Grace Bannister (1924–1986), Unionist politician in Northern Ireland
  • Grace Bardsley (1920–1972), Australian Aboriginal rights activist and political activist
  • Grace Barnsley (1896–1975), English pottery decorator
  • Grace Bauer, American poet
  • Grace Bawden (born 1992), Australian classical crossover singer
  • Grace Bedell (1848–1936), American woman who influenced Abraham Lincoln to grow his famous beard
  • Grace Benham (1876–1968), American silent film actress
  • Grace Folashade Bent (born 1960), Nigerian politician
  • Grace Berger (born 1999), American professional basketball
  • Grace Beverley (born 1997), English entrepreneur, influencer, and podcaster
  • Grace Bilger (1907–2000), American artist
  • Grace Birungi (born 1973), Ugandan runner
  • Grace Blakeley (born 1993), English economics and politics commentator, columnist, journalist and author
  • Grace Lee Boggs (1915–2015), Chinese-American author, social activist and feminist
  • Grace Bonney (born 1981), American author, blogger, and entrepreneur
  • Grace Bowman (equestrian) (born 1990), Australian Paralympic equestrian
  • Grace Duffie Boylan (1861?–1935), American writer
  • Grace Bradley (1913–2010), American film actress
  • Grace Brown (1886–1906), American skirt factory worker who was murdered
  • Grace Brown (born 1992), Australian cyclist
  • Grace Mann Brown (1859–1925), American writer and spiritual leader
  • Grace Cuthbert-Browne (1900–1988), Australian medical doctor
  • Grace Bumbry (1937–2023), American opera singer
  • Grace Burbridge (1887–?), British suffragette, burned whilst setting fire to a postbox
  • Grace Bussell (1860–1935), Australian heroine, involved in the rescue of the SS Georgette
  • Grace Butler (1886–1962), New Zealand artist
  • Grace Byers, Caymanian-American actress

C

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  • Grace Carlson (1906–1992), American communist politician
  • Grace Carter (born 1989), British volleyball player
  • Grace Cassidy (born 1993), English actress
  • Grace Cavalieri (born 1932), American poet, playwright and broadcaster
  • Grace Chan (born 1991), Canadian actress, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder
  • Grace Chang (born 1933), Chinese actress and singer
  • Grace Chatto (born 1985), English musician and singer
  • Grace Chia, Singaporean writer, poet, journalist and editor
  • Grace Zia Chu (1899–1999), American author of Chinese cookbooks
  • Grace Clements (artist) (1905–1969), American artist
  • Grace Clements (athlete) (born 1984), English heptathlete
  • Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976), American writer
  • Grace Coddington (born 1941), British former model and creative director of American Vogue magazine
  • Grace Colman (1892–1971), British politician
  • Grace Comiskey (c. 1894–1956), American owner of the Chicago White Sox
  • Grace Conkling (1878–1958), American writer
  • Grace Corbett (c. 1765/1770–1843), Scottish author and poet
  • Grace Coolidge (1879–1957), First Lady of the United States; wife of President Calvin Coolidge
  • Grace Inez Crawford (1889–1977), Paris-born England-based American singer, actress, costume designer, translator of plays and writer
  • Grace Noll Crowell (1877–1969), American poet
  • Grace Crowley (1890–1979), Australian artist
  • Grace Cunard (1893–1967), American actress, screenwriter and film director
  • Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston (1879–1958), American socialite

D

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  • Grace Daley (born 1978), American professional women's basketball player
  • Grace Darling (1815–1842), Northumbrian Victorian heroine
  • Grace Darmond (1893–1963), Canadian-born American actress
  • Grace Montañez Davis (1926–2020), Mexican-American political activist and deputy mayor of Los Angeles
  • Grace Davison, American silent-movie actress
  • Grace de Laguna (1878–1978), American philosopher and academic
  • Grace Deeb (born 1975), Lebanese singer
  • Grace DeMoss (born 1927), American amateur golfer
  • Grace Dent (born 1973), English journalist, author and broadcaster
  • Grace Diaz (born 1957), Dominican-American politician
  • Grace Hoadley Dodge (1856–1914), American philanthropist
  • Grace A. Dow (1869–1953), American philanthropist
  • Grace L. Drake, American politician
  • Grace Drayton (1877–1936), American comics artist
  • Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay (1895–1946), British journalist and aviation pioneer
  • Grace Dunham (born 1992), American poet and actress

E

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  • Grace Ekpiwhre (born 1949), Nigerian civil servant
  • Grace Elizabeth (born 1997), American fashion model
  • Grace Elliott (1758–1823), Scottish socialite and courtesan

F

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  • Grace Fernald (1879–1950), American educational psychologist
  • Grace Flandrau (1886–1971), American writer
  • Grace Fong, American musician and academic
  • Grace Fortescue (1883–1979), American socialite
  • Grace Frankland (1858–1946), English microbiologist
  • Grace Fryer (1899-1933), American dialpainter
  • Grace Voss Frederick (1905–2009), American actress and museum curator
  • Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002), American poet, columnist, short story writer and educator
  • Grace Fu (born 1964), Singaporean politician
  • Grace Fulton (born 1996), American actress

G

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  • Grace Gao (born 1989), Canadian badminton player
  • Grace Garland, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • Grace Gassette (1871–1955), American artist and sculptor
  • Grace George (1879–1961), American stage actress
  • Grace Gibson (1905–1989), American radio producer who worked predominantly in Australia
  • Grace Gifford (1888–1955), Irish artist and cartoonist
  • Grace Gill-McGrath (born 1989), Australian soccer player
  • Grace Glowicki, Canadian actress and filmmaker
  • Grace Golden (1904–1993), English illustrator and historian
  • Grace Goodell, American anthropologist
  • Grace Grace (born 1958), Australian politician
  • Grace Winifred Green (1907–1976), New Zealand radio broadcaster and journalist
  • Grace Gregory (1901–1985), American film set decorator
  • Grace Griffith, American folk and Celtic singer
  • Grace Groner (1909–2010), American philanthropist
  • Grace Gummer (born 1986), American actress

H

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  • Grace Eleanor Hadow (1875–1940), English author and academic
  • Grace Halsell (1923–2000), American journalist and writer
  • Grace Towns Hamilton (1907–1992), African-American politician
  • Grace Hanagan (1906–1995), Canadian survivor of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland (1914)
  • Grace Harris (1993), Australian cricketer
  • Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), American abstract expressionist painter
  • Grace Hartman (actress) (1907–1955), American stage and musical theater actress
  • Grace Hartman (politician) (1900–1998), Canadian social activist and politician
  • Grace Hartman (trade unionist) (1918–1993), Canadian labour union activist
  • Grace Raymond Hebard (1861–1936), American historian, suffragist, writer and political economist
  • Grace Helbig (born 1985), American comedian
  • Grace Henderson (1860–1944), American stage and silent-film actress
  • Grace Hightower (born 1955), American philanthropist, actress and singer
  • Grace Livingston Hill (1865–1947), American novelist
  • Grace Webster Haddock Hinsdale (1832–1902), American author
  • Grace Hirst (1805–1901), New Zealand businesswoman, farmer, nurse and midwife
  • Grace Ho (1907–1996), Chinese mother of Bruce Lee
  • Grace Hopper (1906–1992), American computer scientist
  • Grace Huang (born 1983), Australian actress
  • Grace Hudson (1865–1937), American painter
  • Grace Hyland, Australian internet personality and LGBTQ rights activist

I

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  • Grace Ingalls (1877–1941), American journalist and youngest sister of novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Grace Ives (born 1995), American singer-songwriter

J

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  • Grace Jackson (born 1961), Jamaican athlete
  • Grace James (1864–1930), British writer of children's literature
  • Grace Jantzen (1948–2006), Canadian feminist philosopher and theologian
  • Grace Jane Joel (1865–1924), New Zealand artist
  • Grace Mott Johnson (1882–1967), American artist
  • Grace Jones (born 1948), Jamaican-born singer, actress and model
  • Grace Jordan (1892–1985), American writer and journalist

K

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  • Grace Kamaikui (1808–1866), Hawaiian high chief
  • Grace Kaufman (born 2002), American actress
  • Grace Keagy (1921–2009), American actress
  • Grace Keeling (born 1999), English influencer and presenter known as GK Barry
  • Grace Kelly (1929–1982), American actress who became Princess Grace of Monaco
  • Grace Kelly (musician) (born 1992), American musician
  • Grace Kennedy (writer) (1782–1825), Scottish writer
  • Grace Kennedy (singer) (born 1958), British singer and television presenter
  • Grace Kim (born 2000), Australian professional golfer
  • Grace Ji-Sun Kim (born 1969), Korean-American theologian and professor
  • Grace Kimmins (1871–1954), British philanthropist
  • Grace King (1852–1932), American writer
  • Grace Knight (born 1955), English-born Australian musician
  • Grace F. Knoche (1909–2006), American Theosophist, leader of the Theosophical Society
  • Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, American lawyer and health activist
  • Grace Krilanovich (born 1979), American writer
  • Grace Lynn Kung (born 1987), Canadian actress

L

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  • Grace La Rue (1882–1956), American actress, singer, and Vaudeville performer
  • Grace Lau (born 1991), Hong Kong karateka
  • Grace Lee (born 1982), Korean television host and radio disc jockey
  • Grace Etsuko Lee, Japanese-born American author, speaker, trainer, international business woman
  • Grace Lin, American children's author, and illustrator
  • Grace Denio Litchfield (1849–1944), American novelist, poet
  • Grace Llewellyn (born 1964), American educator, author and publisher
  • Grace Annie Lockhart (1855–1916), Canadian, first woman in the British Empire to receive a bachelor's degree
  • Grace Loh (born 1991), Australian swimming champion
  • Grace Lorch (c. 1903–1974), American teacher and civil rights activist
  • Grace Lumpkin (1891–1980), American writer
  • Grace Turk (softball) (born 1999), American softball player
  • Grace Lyons (cricketer) (born 2005), Australian cricketer

M

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  • Grace Maccarone, children's book editor and author
  • Grace MacInnis (1905–1991), Canadian politician and feminist
  • Grace Madden (1911–1987), American pair skater
  • Grace, Lady Manners, English noblewoman, founder of Lady Manners School in 1636
  • Grace Marks (c. 1828–after c. 1873), Irish-Canadian convicted murderer, subsequently pardoned
  • Grace Marra (born 1959), American musician
  • Grace McCallum (born 2002), American artistic gymnast
  • Grace McCarthy (1927–2017), Canadian politician
  • Grace McCleen (born 1981), British writer
  • Grace McDaniels (1888–1958), American freak show star
  • Grace McDonald (1918–1999), American actress
  • Grace McKeaney, American television writer, playwright and educator
  • Grace McKenzie (1903–1988), English swimmer
  • Grace Meng (born 1975), American lawyer and politician
  • Grace Metalious (1924–1964), American author of Peyton Place
  • Grace Mildmay (c. 1552–1620), English noblewoman, diarist and medical practitioner
  • Grace Millane (1996–2018), murdered English tourist
  • Grace Min (born 1994), American tennis player
  • Grace Mirabella (1930–2021), American journalist
  • Grace Mera Molisa (1946–2002), Vanuatuan politician, poet and campaigner for women's equality in politics
  • Grace Momanyi (born 1981), Kenyan long-distance runner
  • Grace Moore (1898–1947), American operatic soprano and actress
  • Chloë-Grace Moretz (born 1997), American actress
  • Grace Morgan (1909–1996), English cricketer
  • Grace Morley (1900–1985), American museologist who founded museums in San Francisco and New Delhi
  • Grace Mugabe (born 1965), wife of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe
  • Grace Mukomberanwa (born 1944), Zimbabwean sculptor

N

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  • Grace Napolitano (born 1936), American politician
  • Grace Natalie (born 1982), Indonesian politician
  • Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyanese poet
  • Grace Nicholson (1877–1948), American art collector and art dealer
  • Grace Nikae, Japanese-born American classical pianist
  • Grace Nono (born 1965), Filipino singer
  • Grace Nuhfer (born 2002), American Paralympic swimmer

O

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  • Grace Oakeshott (1872–1929), British women's rights activist
  • Grace O'Malley (c. 1530–c. 1603), Irish chieftain and pirate
  • Grace Ogot (1930–2015), Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat
  • Grace Atkinson Oliver (1844–1899), American author, advocate of women's rights

P

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  • Grace Padaca (born 1963), Filipino politician
  • Grace Paley (1922–2007), American short story writer, poet, teacher, and political activist
  • Grace Park (actress) (born 1974), American-born Canadian actress
  • Grace Park (golfer) (born 1979), South Korean professional golfer
  • Grace Parra, American screenwriter, presenter, and actress
  • Grace Perry (1927–1987), Australian poet, editor and pediatrician
  • Grace Petrie (born 1987), English folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Grace Phipps (born 1992), American actress
  • Grace Evelyn Pickford (1902–1986), English-born American biologist and endocrinologist
  • Grace Poe (born 1968), Filipino politician
  • Grace Portolesi (born 1968), Australian politician
  • Grace Potter (born 1983), American lead singer of rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

R

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  • Grace Randolph (born 1987), American film reporter and critic
  • Grace Rasmussen (born 1988), New Zealand netball player
  • Grace Renzi (1922–2011), American artist
  • Grace Rhys (1865–1929), Irish writer
  • Grace S. Richmond (1866–1959), American writer
  • Grace Robertson (1930–2021), Scottish photographer
  • Grace Rohrer (1924–2011), American educator, arts and women's rights activist and politician
  • Grace Rolek (born 1997), American actress
  • Grace Alexandra Rood (1893–1981), New Zealand school dental nurse
  • Grace Roosevelt (1867–1945), American tennis player
  • Grace Ross (born 1961), American environmental activist

S

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  • Grace Sandhouse (1896–1940), American entomologist
  • Grace Berg Schaible (1925–2017), American lawyer, the first female state's attorney general
  • Grace Schulman (born 1935), American poet and academic
  • Grace Carew Sheldon (1855–1921), American journalist, author, editor, businesswoman
  • Grace Sherwood (died 1740), American woman convicted of witchcraft in the U.S. state of Virginia in 1705–1706
  • Grace Slick (born 1939), American rock vocalist
  • Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), Australian artist
  • Grace Snyder (1882–1982), American quilter, pioneer and centenarian
  • Grace Harriet Spofford (1887–1974), American music educator
  • Gracie Spinks (died 2021), English lifeguard believed to have been murdered
  • Grace Stafford (1903–1992), American actress
  • Grace Stanke (born 2002), American beauty pageant titleholder
  • Grace Zaring Stone (1891–1991), American novelist and short story writer
  • Grace Stratton (born 1999), New Zealand blogger and fashion entrepreneur
  • Grace Sulzberger (born 1988), Australian cyclist

T

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  • Grace Tame (born 1994), Australian activist and sexual assault survivor advocate
  • Grace Tanamal (born 1957), Dutch politician
  • Grace Taylor (gymnast) (born 1988), American gymnast
  • Grace Dyer Taylor (1859–1867), English Christian missionary in China
  • Grace Paine Terzian (born 1952), American political writer and publishing executive
  • Grace Thompson (1891–?), American silent film actress
  • Grace Hyde Trine (1874–1972), American writer, lecturer, dramatic reader
  • Grace Tsutada (born 1942), Japanese teacher and missionary
  • Grace Tully (1900–1984), American presidential private secretary (to Franklin D. Roosevelt)

U

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  • Grace Upshaw (born 1975), American track and field athlete

V

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  • Grace Van Dien (born 1996), American actress and social media personality
  • Grace Van Studdiford (1873–1927), American opera singer and actress
  • Grace Van Patten (born 1996), American actress
  • Grace Valentine (1884–1964), American actress
  • Grace Vanderbilt (1870–1953), American socialite
  • Grace VanderWaal (born 2004), American singer-songwriter

W

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  • Grace Wahba (born 1934), American statistician and academic
  • Grace Wahu (c. 1907–2007), first wife of Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya
  • Grace Jane Wallace (died 1878), Scottish author and translator
  • Grace Wanjiru (born 1979), Kenyan race walker
  • Grace Miller White (1868–1957), American author
  • Grace Lee Whitney (1930–2015), American actress and entertainer
  • Grace Widdowson (1892–1989), New Zealand nurse and hospital matron
  • Grace Olive Wiley (1883–1948), American herpetologist
  • Grace Williams (1906–1977), Welsh composer
  • Grace Wilson (1879–1957), Australian high-ranked army nurse during World War I and World War II
  • Grace Wilson (soccer) (born 2005), Australian football player
  • Grace Wong (born 1986), Hong Kong-born actress
  • Grace Woodward (born 1978), English fashion stylist and television presenter
  • Grace Wyndham Goldie (1900–1986), British pioneer television producer

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  • Grace Chisholm Young (1868–1944), English mathematician
  • Grace Young (fl. 2006–present), Canadian-born American singer, songwriter musician known as Grace
  • Grace Sari Ysidora (born 1995), Indonesian professional tennis player

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  • Grace Zabriskie (born 1941), American actress
  • Grace Zumwinkle (born 1999), American ice hockey player

References

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  1. ↑ "Grace - Baby name meaning, origin, and popularity". BabyCenter. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  2. ↑ "Grace - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity". Nameberry. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
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