Grace (given name)

Grace is a female 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
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 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 Lyons (born 1999), American softball player

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  • 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

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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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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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