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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Graceful, blessing

First name variations: Gracey, Gracie, Graza, Grazia, Grazina, Greyse, Graice, Graise, Grase, Greice

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: nickname from Middle English, Old French grace ‘charm’, ‘pleasantness’ (Latin gratia).
  2. 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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