Grace
Meaning of Grace
Grace (pronounced “grayss”) slips off the tongue as smoothly as a silk ribbon, and that effortless charm is baked right into its DNA: it comes from the Latin gratia, meaning “favor” or “blessing,” a word early Christians borrowed to describe divine kindness. The Puritans later turned Grace into a virtue name, and the Victorians polished it until it glittered; ever since, it has stayed in the American Top 40 for most of the last quarter-century, quietly proving that classic never has to mean old-fashioned. Pop-culture gives it both a tiara and a toolkit—think Grace Kelly’s regal poise alongside tech trailblazer Grace Hopper’s brainy sparkle—so the name feels equally at home on a ballroom floor or in a coding lab. Nicknames like Gracie or Gigi add playground bounce, yet the full form keeps its Sunday-morning serenity. For parents looking for a daughter’s name that will age as gracefully as its meaning promises, Grace is a tried-and-true charmer with perennial shine.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as grayss (/ɡreɪs/)
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Notable People Named Grace
| Grace Kelly was an Oscar winning American actress who rose to 1950s stardom and became Princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III, winning three Golden Globes and ranking among the AFI's greatest female stars. |
| Grace Avery VanderWaal is an American singer and songwriter and actress known for her distinctive voice and ukulele playing. |
| Grace Hopper was a pioneering American computer scientist and Navy rear admiral who devised machine independent programming languages, helped create COBOL, and was among the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I. |
| Grace O'Malley - Grainne OMalley, also known as Grace OMalley, led the O Maille dynasty in the west of Ireland and was the daughter of Eoghan Dubhdara O Maille. |
| Grace White Sherwood, called the Witch of Pungo, was the last person known to be convicted of witchcraft in Virginia. |
| Grace Melzia Bumbry was a trailblazing American opera singer, a leading mezzo who also sang soprano, and in 1961 became the first black performer at the Bayreuth Festival as Venus in Tannhauser. |
| Grace Hartigan was a leading American abstract expressionist of the New York School whose works are in MoMA and who later led the Hoffberger School at MICA. |
| Grace Evelyn Potter is an American singer and songwriter who has released five solo albums and four with her former band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. |
| Grace Awani Alele-Williams was a pioneering Nigerian mathematics educator, the first Nigerian woman to earn a doctorate and the first female vice chancellor of the University of Benin. |
