Grace (given name)

Grace is a feminine given name from the Latin gratia.[1] It is often given in reference to the Christian concept of divine grace and used as a virtue name.

Grace
GenderFemale
Name dayNovember 6
Origin
Word/nameLatin
Meaning"Gracious"

Variants

Notable people

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  • Grace Ingalls (1877–1941), American journalist and youngest sister of novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  • Grace Jackson (born 1961), Jamaican athlete
  • Grace James (1864–1930), writer of children's literature
  • Grace Jantzen (1948–2006), 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

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  • Grace La Rue (1882–1956), American actress, singer, and Vaudeville performer
  • 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

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  • Grace O'Malley (c. 1530–c. 1603), Irish chieftain and pirate
  • Grace Ogot (born 1934), Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat

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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 Phipps (born 1992), American actress
  • Grace Evelyn Pickford (1902–1986), English-born American biologist and endocrinologist
  • Grace Poe (born 1968), Filipino politician
  • Grace Polit, Ecuadorian artist
  • Grace Portolesi (born 1968), Australian politician
  • Grace Potter (born 1983), American lead singer of rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

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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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Pseudonyms

Fictional characters

References
  1. Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.113.

See also
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