Grace (given name)

**Grace** is a feminine first name.

## Origin

The name comes from the Latin word 'gratia', meaning goodness and generosity.  The first use of the name was in the 16th Century (1500s). 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.

## Different Languages Variations

_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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### A

- 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

- 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

- 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 (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1894–1956), American owner of the Chicago White Sox
- Grace Conkling (1878–1958), American writer
- Grace Corbett (<abbr>c.</abbr> 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

- 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

- Grace Ekpiwhre (born 1949), Nigerian civil servant
- Grace Elizabeth (born 1997), American fashion model
- 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 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

- 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

- 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 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

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

### J

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

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

### V

- 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

- 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

### Y

- Grace Chisholm Young (1868–1944), English mathematician
- Grace Young (<abbr>fl.</abbr> 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
- Grace Zumwinkle (born 1999), American ice hockey player