Meaning: Its source is an English expression meaning "Love and protection of God, unmerited favor."
Languages: This girl's name is used in English.
Compound Forms: Graceann
Alternative Spellings: Grayce
Popularity: The name Grace ranked 16th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 114th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name was popular earlier in the 20th century, then fell off in usage, but has begun making a comeback in recent years.
Narrative: This name denotes both divine favor and physical elegance. The Three Graces of ancient Greek mythology (Aglaia, Euphrosyne and Thalia) embodied the connection between seen and unseen beauty.
Christians adopted the name (originally in its Latin form, Gratia) because they felt it expressed a specifically Christian idea of one's relationship to God. Seventeenth-century Puritans introduced the English version of the name with this in mind.
American actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982) gave a more secular and contemporary boost to the name, especially after she married into Monaco's ruling family and became Princess Grace in 1956.
Arts and Music
- Grace Cossington-Smith (born 1892, died 1984)
Australian painter.
- Painted The Lacquer Room (see list of Post-Impressionist Artists)
- Grace Hartigan (born 1922)
American Abstract Expressionist painter.
- Painted The Year of the Cicada (see list of 20th-century Contemporary Artists)
- Grace Slick (born 1943)
American singer.
- Performer with The Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock (see list of Performers at Woodstock)
Leadership
- Grace F. Napolitano (born 1936)
- Representative, D-California, 1999 - (see list of Women in the House of Representatives)
- Representative, D-California, 1999 - (see list of Women in Congress)
Miscellaneous
- Grace Anne Alvarado (born 1995)
- One of the Alvarado Quadruplets (see list of The Alvarado Quadruplets)
- Grace Bumbry (born 1937)
American opera singer.
- 1961 Mademoiselle Award winner (see list of Mademoiselle Award Winners)
- Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (born 1879, died 1957)
- Wife of Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (see list of United States First Ladies)
- Grace
- Hurricane or tropical storm (see list of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Names)
- Grace Hartigan (born 1922)
American Abstract Expressionist painter.
- 1957 Mademoiselle Award winner (see list of Mademoiselle Award Winners)
- Grace Murray Hopper (born 1906, died 1992)
American admiral, mathematician and computing pioneer.
- Member of National Women''s Hall of Fame (see list of National Women's Hall of Fame Members)
Science and Philosophy
- Grace Murray Hopper (born 1906, died 1992)
American admiral, mathematician and computing pioneer.
- Invented the first computer programming-language compiler in 1952; later invented the COBOL programming language (see list of Engineers & Inventors)
- Grace Medes
American chemist.
- 1955 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal (see list of Chemists)
Sports
- Grace Smith
- Member of the Women''s International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
Stage and Screen
- Grace Edwards
- Portrayed by Bonnie Bartlett (see list of Characters on ''Little House on the Prairie'')
- Grace Gardner
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Barbara Babcock (see list of Characters on ''Hill Street Blues'')
- Grace Hartman
- 1948 Tony Award winner for her performance in Angel in the Wings (see list of Tony Winners for Best Actress in a Musical)
- Grace Pearl Ingalls (born 1877, died 1941)
Youngest sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder.
- Portrayed by Brenda and Wendy Turnbeaugh (see list of Characters on ''Little House on the Prairie'')
- Grace Keefer
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''All My Children'''' (see list of Characters on ''All My Children'')
- Grace Kelly (born 1929, died 1982)
American actress who married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956.
- 1954 Academy Award winner for her performance in The Country Girl (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Actress)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Grace Moore (born 1901, died 1947)
American opera singer and actress.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Grace Van Owen
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Susan Dey (see list of Characters on ''L.A. Law'')
- Grace Lee Whitney (born 1930)
American actress.
- Portrayed Yeoman Janice Rand (see list of Actors on ''Star Trek'')
- Grace Zabriskie
American actress.
- Portrayed Sarah Palmer (see list of Actors on ''Twin Peaks'')
The Literary World
- Grace Duggan
Fictional character.
- Fran''s school friend in Stephen King''s novel The Stand (see list of Characters in The Stand)
- Grace Monroe
Fictional character
- The heroine in Nora Roberts'' novel, Rising Tides (see list of Characters from modern romance novels)
- Grace Paley (born 1922)
American short-story writer.
- Wrote Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
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Teasing Nicknames:
- Amazing Grace
- Gracie-Grace
- Graciepoo
- Grace-Under-Fire
- Graceland
- Princess Grace
Associations:
''They ate before they said grace'' means that a couple is having a baby out of wedlock.









