First name origin & meaning: Latin: Graceful, blessing First name variations: Gracey, Gracie, Graza, Grazia, Grazina, Greyse, Graice, Graise, Grase, Greice Last name origins & meanings:
- English: nickname from Middle English, Old French grace
‘charm’, ‘pleasantness’ (Latin gratia).
- English: 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
grīs ‘gray’ (see Grice 1), but was soon associated by
folk etymology with the Latin word meaning ‘charm’.
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Lance Armstrong,
Faith Hill,
Wynonna Judd,
Dave Matthews,
Rupert Murdoch,
Meryl Streep This name appears in the following lists:
Composers,
First Ladies,
Virtues,
Rock Kings and Queens,
Silver Screen
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