Grace

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Grâce in FR France, CD Congo - Kinshasa.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Grace is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Swahili given name403K records spelled Grace4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, United States

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Yoruba

  Also written Grâce

• a separate given name89K records spelled Grace3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India

  Also written Grâce, Gracé

• Polish given name17K records spelled Grace22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Czechia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Croatian

  Also written Grejs, Grâce, Грейс, Grãce, Gracé

• Thai given name9.0K records spelled Grace9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Philippines, United States, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Gräcë, Grâce, Gräce, Gråçë, Grãce

• English given name8.7K records spelled Grace28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Anguilla, United States, Canada, Germany

  Languages: English, Korean, German

  Also written Grass, Graß, Gräß, Graess, Grays

93 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Grace is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from a woman’s name, perhaps from Old English grisja ‘grey’; medieval forms latinized as Gratia and associated with Old French grace; first attested Robertus filius Grecie 1188 BuryS (Suffolk)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, from OFr gras 'fat' or grace 'pleasant/charming'; also from OE græs 'grass', 'pasture'; first attested William le Gras 1199 P

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, 1. nickname from Middle English, Old Erench grace ‘charm’, ‘pleasantness’ (Latin gratia). 2. from the female personal name Grace, which was popular in the Middle Ages. This seems in the first instance to have been from a Germanic element grls ‘gray’ (see Grice 1), but was soon associated by folk etymology with the Latin word meaning ‘charm’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, pleasantness (Lgratia). 2. from the female given name Grace, which was popular in the Middle Ages. This seems in the first instance to have been from a Gmc elementgris grey (see Grice i), but was soon associated by folk etymology with 1. Cogns.: It.: Grazia, Graz(z)i. Sp.: Gracia. Cat.: Gracia. Port.: Gra§a. Dims.: It.: Grazzini, Grazioli, Graziotti. Metrs.: It.: Di Gratia, Delle Grazie.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In English, Charming, pleasing qualities.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Grace Hopperb. 1906USAmerican computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
• Grace Kellyb. 1929USAmerican actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)
• Grace Slickb. 1939USAmerican musician, writer and painter
• Martha Stewartb. 1941USnot in their usual nameAmerican businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941)
• Grace Zabriskieb. 1941USAmerican actress
• Dara Torresb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican swimmer
• Elliot Pageb. 1987CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actor
• Naomi Scottb. 1993GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
• Chloë Grace Moretzb. 1997USAmerican actress (born 1997)
• Charli D'Ameliob. 2004USnot in their usual nameAmerican social media personality (born 2004)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,611 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Grace?

We estimate roughly 352 thousand people bear Grace (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Grace have the most bearers?

Grace is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled grace.

How common is Grace compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Grace is the 17th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Grace a male or female name?

Grace is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Grace mean?

Recorded meaning: From the female personal name Grace, or from a medieval nickname for someone of a pleasant disposition.