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.
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | "Gracious" |
Variants
Notable people
A
- Grace Abbott (1878–1939), American social worker
- 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 (born 1932), Nigerian mathematician and university vice-chancellor
- Grace Greenwood Ames (born 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
- 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 Bilger (1907–2000), American artist
- Grace Birungi (born 1973), Ugandan runner
- Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015), Chinese-American author, social activist and feminist
- 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 Bumbry (born 1937), American opera singer
- Grace Burbridge (born 1887) was a 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 (née Cumming, 1886–1962), New Zealand artist
C
- 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 Chang (born 1933), Chinese actress 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), 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 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
- 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 (born 1926), 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
- Grace Ekpiwhre (born 1949), Nigerian civil servant
- Grace Elliott (1758–1823), Scottish socialite and courtesan
F
- 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 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
- 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 Golden (1904–1993), English illustrator and historian
- Grace Goodell, American anthropologist dddads
- 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
- 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 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 Hopper (1906–1992), American computer scientist
- Grace Huang (born 1983), Australian actress
- Grace Hudson (1865–1937), American painter
I
- Grace Ingalls (1877–1941), American journalist and youngest sister of novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder
J
- 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
K
- Grace Kamaikui (1808–1866), Hawaiian high chiefess
- Grace Keagy (1921–2009), American actress
- Grace Kelly (1929–1982), American actress who became Princess Grace of Monaco
- Grace Kelly (musician) (born 1992), Asian-American musician
- Grace Kennedy (writer) (1782–1825), Scottish writer
- Grace Kennedy (singer) (born 1958), British singer and television presenter
- Grace Ji-Sun Kim (born 1969), Korean-American theologian and professor
- Grace Kimmins (1871–1954), British philanthropist
- Grace King (1852–1932), American writer
- Grace Kirby, English film and television actress
- 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
- 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
M
- 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 McCarthy (born 1927), 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), Asian 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 (born 1930), former editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine
- 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
- 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
O
- Grace O'Malley (c. 1530–c. 1603), Irish chieftain and pirate
- Grace Ogot (born 1934), Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat
- Grace Atkinson Oliver (1844-1899), author, advocate of women's rights
P
- 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
R
- 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 (born 1930), Scottish photographer
- Grace Rohrer (1924–2011), American educator, arts and women's rights activist and politician
- Grace Alexandra Rood (1893–1981), New Zealand school dental nurse
- Grace Roosevelt (1867–1945), American tennis player
- Grace Ross (born 1961), American environmental activist
- Grace Ruiz, British television actress
S
- 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 Sewell (born 1997), Australian singer and songwriter known as Grace
- 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 Stafford (1903–1992), American actress
- 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
- 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 (born 1891), American silent film actress
- Grace Tsutada (born 1942), Japanese teacher and missionary
- Grace Tully (1900–1984), American presidential private secretary (to Franklin D. Roosevelt)
U
- Grace Upshaw (born 1975), American track and field athlete
V
- Grace Valentine (1884–1964), American actress
- Grace Van Studdiford (1873–1927), American opera singer and actress
- Grace Vanderbilt (1870–1953), American socialite
- Grace VanderWaal (2004), American singer-songwriter
W
- 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 (born 1930), 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 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
Y
- 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
Z
- Grace Zabriskie (born 1941), American actress
Pseudonyms
- "Grace Greenwood", pseudonym of Sara Jane Lippincott (1823–1904), American writer
Fictional characters
- Grace Adler, in the television comedy series Will and Grace
- Grace Archer (1930–1955), in the BBC's long-running radio drama serial The Archers
- Grace Augustine, scientist in the film Avatar
- DCI Grace Barraclough, in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale
- Grace Beauchamp, in the BBC One drama series Holby City
- Grace Bennett, in the film Monte Carlo
- Grace Bowman, in American television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager
- Grace Cavendish, detective and the central character in the Lady Grace Mysteries
- Grace Choi, in the DC Comics universe
- Grace Florrick, daughter of Alicia Florrick in the American television series The Good Wife
- Grace Hamilton, in the movie The Godfather Part III
- Grace Harlowe, the protagonist of four series of books for girls by Jessie Graham Flower
- Grace Holloway, in the 1996 television movie Doctor Who
- Grace Kingston, in the Australian drama series McLeod's Daughters
- Grace Margaret Mulligan, lead character in the films Dogville and Manderlay
- Grace Monroe, the main character in Book Three (and a minor character in Book Two) of the animated anthology series Infinity Train
- Grace Nakimura, in the adventure game series Gabriel Knight
- Grace Santiago, in the American television series Nip/Tuck
- Grace Santos, in the film The 24 Hour Woman
- Grace Santos, in the Filipino TV series Aso ni San Roque
- Grace (Soulfire), in the comic book Soulfire
- Grace Stamper, in the 1998 film Armageddon
- Grace Turner, in the soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Grace Van Owen, in the TV series LA Law
- Grace Van Pelt, in the TV series The Mentalist
- Grace, an animal character in the Disney film Home on the Range
- Grace, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
- Grace the Glitter Fairy, in the book franchise Rainbow Magic
References
- Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.113.
See also
- Ti-Grace Atkinson (born 1938), American feminist author
- Grace-Ann Dinkins (born 1966), American track and field athlete
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