Grace (given name)

Grace

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	"Gracious"

Grace is a female given name from the Latin gratia. It is often given in reference to the Christian concept of divine grace and used as a virtue name.

Variants

• French: Grâce
• English: Gracie
• Albanian: Greis, Graciela
• Italian: Grazia, Graziella
• Latin: Gratia
• Polish: Gracja
• Portuguese: Graça, Gracília
• Spanish: Gracia, Graciela
• Basque: Garazi
• Bulgarian: Грация

Notable people

A

• Grace Abbott (1878–1939), American social worker
• Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), English novelist and writer on Jewish history and religion
• Grace Akallo (21st century), Ugandan child soldier
• Grace Akello (born c. 1940), Ugandan poet, essayist, folklorist and politician
• Grace Albee (1890–1985), American printmaker and wood engraver
• Grace Alekhine (1876–1956), American-British-French female artist and chess master
• Grace Alele-Williams (1932–2022), Nigerian mathematician and university vice-chancellor
• Grace Greenwood Ames (1905–1979), American artist who worked predominantly in Mexico
• Grace Andreacchi (born 1954), American-born author
• Grace Andrews (mathematician) (1869–1951), American mathematician
• Grace Apiafi (born 1958), Nigerian shot putter and discus thrower
• Grace Arnold (1899–1979), English actress
• Grace Ayensu, Ghanaian politician

B

• Mary Grace Baloyo (died 2001), First Lieutenant in the Philippine Air Force
• Grace Bannister (1924–1986), Unionist politician in Northern Ireland
• Grace Bardsley (1920–1972), Australian Aboriginal rights activist and political activist
• Grace Barnsley (1896–1975), English pottery decorator
• Grace Bauer, American poet
• Grace Bawden (born 1992), Australian classical crossover singer
• Grace Bedell (1848–1936), American woman who influenced Abraham Lincoln to grow his famous beard
• Grace Benham (1876–1968), American silent film actress
• Grace Folashade Bent (born 1960), Nigerian politician
• Grace Bilger (1907–2000), American artist
• Grace Birungi (born 1973), Ugandan runner
• Grace Lee Boggs (1915–2015), Chinese-American author, social activist and feminist
• Grace Bowman (equestrian) (born 1990), Australian Paralympic equestrian
• Grace Duffie Boylan (1861?–1935), American writer
• Grace Bradley (1913–2010), American film actress
• Grace Brown (1886–1906), American skirt factory worker who was murdered
• Grace Brown (born 1992), Australian cyclist
• Grace Mann Brown (1859–1925), American writer and spiritual leader
• Grace Bumbry (1937–2023), American opera singer
• Grace Burbridge (1887–?), British suffragette, burned whilst setting fire to a postbox
• Grace Bussell (1860–1935), Australian heroine, involved in the rescue of the SS Georgette
• Grace Butler (née Cumming, 1886–1962), New Zealand artist

C

• Grace Carlson (1906–1992), American communist politician
• Grace Carter (born 1989), British volleyball player
• Grace Cassidy (born 1993), English actress
• Grace Cavalieri (born 1932), American poet, playwright and broadcaster
• Grace Chan (born 1991), Canadian actress, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder
• Grace Chang (born 1933), Chinese actress and singer
• Grace Chia, Singaporean writer, poet, journalist and editor
• Grace Zia Chu (1899–1999), American author of Chinese cookbooks
• Grace Clements (artist) (1905–1969), American artist
• Grace Clements (athlete) (born 1984), English heptathlete
• Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976), American writer
• Grace Coddington (born 1941), British former model and creative director of American Vogue magazine
• Grace Colman (1892–1971), British politician
• Grace Comiskey (c. 1894–1956), American owner of the Chicago White Sox
• Grace Conkling (1878–1958), American writer
• Grace Corbett (c. 1765/1770–1843), Scottish author and poet
• Grace Coolidge (1879–1957), First Lady of the United States; wife of President Calvin Coolidge
• Grace Inez Crawford (1889–1977), Paris-born England-based American singer, actress, costume designer, translator of plays and writer
• Grace Noll Crowell (1877–1969), American poet
• Grace Crowley (1890–1979), Australian artist
• Grace Cunard (1893–1967), American actress, screenwriter and film director
• Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston (1879–1958), American socialite

D

• Grace Daley (born 1978), American professional women's basketball player
• Grace Darling (1815–1842), Northumbrian Victorian heroine
• Grace Darmond (1893–1963), Canadian-born American actress
• Grace Montañez Davis (1926–2020), Mexican-American political activist and deputy mayor of Los Angeles
• Grace Davison, American silent-movie actress
• Grace de Laguna (1878–1978), American philosopher and academic
• Grace Deeb (born 1975), Lebanese singer
• Grace DeMoss (born 1927), American amateur golfer
• Grace Dent (born 1973), English journalist, author and broadcaster
• Grace Diaz (born 1957), Dominican-American politician
• Grace Hoadley Dodge (1856–1914), American philanthropist
• Grace A. Dow (1869–1953), American philanthropist
• Grace L. Drake, American politician
• Grace Drayton (1877–1936), American comics artist
• Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay (1895–1946), British journalist and aviation pioneer
• Grace Dunham (born 1992), American poet and actress

E

• Grace Ekpiwhre (born 1949), Nigerian civil servant
• Grace Elliott (1758–1823), Scottish socialite and courtesan

F

• Grace Fernald (1879–1950), American educational psychologist
• Grace Flandrau (1886–1971), American writer
• Grace Fong, American musician and academic
• Grace Fortescue (1883–1979), American socialite
• Grace Frankland (1858–1946), English microbiologist
• Grace Voss Frederick (1905–2009), American actress and museum curator
• Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002), American poet, columnist, short story writer and educator
• Grace Fu (born 1964), Singaporean politician
• Grace Fulton (born 1996), American actress

G

• Grace Gao (born 1989), Canadian badminton player
• Grace Garland, American singer-songwriter and actress
• Grace Gassette (1871–1955), American artist and sculptor
• Grace George (1879–1961), American stage actress
• Grace Gibson (1905–1989), American radio producer who worked predominantly in Australia
• Grace Gifford (1888–1955), Irish artist and cartoonist
• Grace Gill-McGrath (born 1989), Australian soccer player
• Grace Glowicki, Canadian actress and filmmaker
• Grace Golden (1904–1993), English illustrator and historian
• Grace Goodell, American anthropologist
• Grace Grace (born 1958), Australian politician
• Grace Winifred Green (1907–1976), New Zealand radio broadcaster and journalist
• Grace Gregory (1901–1985), American film set decorator
• Grace Griffith, American folk and Celtic singer
• Grace Groner (1909–2010), American philanthropist
• Grace Gummer (born 1986), American actress

H

• Grace Eleanor Hadow (1875–1940), English author and academic
• Grace Halsell (1923–2000), American journalist and writer
• Grace Towns Hamilton (1907–1992), African-American politician
• Grace Hanagan (1906–1995), Canadian survivor of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland (1914)
• Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), American abstract expressionist painter
• Grace Hartman (actress) (1907–1955), American stage and musical theater actress
• Grace Hartman (politician) (1900–1998), Canadian social activist and politician
• Grace Hartman (trade unionist) (1918–1993), Canadian labour union activist
• Grace Raymond Hebard (1861–1936), American historian, suffragist, writer and political economist
• Grace Helbig (born 1985), American comedian
• Grace Henderson (1860–1944), American stage and silent-film actress
• Grace Hightower (born 1955), American philanthropist, actress and singer
• Grace Livingston Hill (1865–1947), American novelist
• Grace Webster Haddock Hinsdale (1832–1902), American author
• Grace Hirst (1805–1901), New Zealand businesswoman, farmer, nurse and midwife
• Grace Hopper (1906–1992), American computer scientist
• Grace Huang (born 1983), Australian actress
• Grace Hudson (1865–1937), American painter

I

• Grace Ingalls (1877–1941), American journalist and youngest sister of novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder

J

• Grace Jackson (born 1961), Jamaican athlete
• Grace James (1864–1930), British writer of children's literature
• Grace Jantzen (1948–2006), Canadian feminist philosopher and theologian
• Grace Jane Joel (1865–1924), New Zealand artist
• Grace Mott Johnson (1882–1967), American artist
• Grace Jones (born 1948), Jamaican-born singer, actress and model
• Grace Jordan (1892–1985), American writer and journalist

K

• Grace Kamaikui (1808–1866), Hawaiian high chief
• Grace Kaufman (born 2002), American actress
• Grace Keagy (1921–2009), American actress
• Grace Keeling (born 1999), English influencer and presenter known as GK Barry
• Grace Kelly (1929–1982), American actress who became Princess Grace of Monaco
• Grace Kelly (musician) (born 1992), American musician
• Grace Kennedy (writer) (1782–1825), Scottish writer
• Grace Kennedy (singer) (born 1958), British singer and television presenter
• Grace Ji-Sun Kim (born 1969), Korean-American theologian and professor
• Grace Kimmins (1871–1954), British philanthropist
• Grace King (1852–1932), American writer
• Grace Knight (born 1955), English-born Australian musician
• Grace F. Knoche (1909–2006), American Theosophist, leader of the Theosophical Society
• Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, American lawyer and health activist
• Grace Krilanovich (born 1979), American writer
• Grace Lynn Kung (born 1987), Canadian actress

L

• 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 Turk (softball) (born 1999), American softball player
• Grace Lyons (cricketer) (born 2005), Australian cricketer

M

• Grace Maccarone, children's book editor and author
• Grace MacInnis (1905–1991), Canadian politician and feminist
• Grace Madden (1911–1987), American pair skater
• Grace, Lady Manners, English noblewoman, founder of Lady Manners School in 1636
• Grace Marks (c. 1828–after c. 1873), Irish-Canadian convicted murderer, subsequently pardoned
• Grace Marra (born 1959), American musician
• Grace McCallum (born 2002), American artistic gymnast
• Grace McCarthy (1927–2017), Canadian politician
• Grace McCleen (born 1981), British writer
• Grace McDaniels (1888–1958), American freak show star
• Grace McDonald (1918–1999), American actress
• Grace McKeaney, American television writer, playwright and educator
• Grace McKenzie (1903–1988), English swimmer
• Grace Meng (born 1975), American lawyer and politician
• Grace Metalious (1924–1964), American author of Peyton Place
• Grace Mildmay (c. 1552–1620), English noblewoman, diarist and medical practitioner
• Grace Millane (1996–2018), murdered English tourist
• Grace Min (born 1994), American tennis player
• Grace Mirabella (1930–2021), American journalist
• Grace Mera Molisa (1946–2002), Vanuatuan politician, poet and campaigner for women's equality in politics
• Grace Momanyi (born 1981), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Grace Moore (1898–1947), American operatic soprano and actress
• Chloë-Grace Moretz (born 1997), American actress
• Grace Morgan (1909–1996), English cricketer
• Grace Morley (1900–1985), American museologist who founded museums in San Francisco and New Delhi
• Grace Mugabe (born 1965), wife of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe
• Grace Mukomberanwa (born 1944), Zimbabwean sculptor

N

• Grace Napolitano (born 1936), American politician
• Grace Natalie (born 1982), Indonesian politician
• Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyanese poet
• Grace Nicholson (1877–1948), American art collector and art dealer
• Grace Nikae, Japanese-born American classical pianist
• Grace Nono (born 1965), Filipino singer

O

• 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

P

• Grace Padaca (born 1963), Filipino politician
• Grace Paley (1922–2007), American short story writer, poet, teacher, and political activist
• Grace Park (actress) (born 1974), American-born Canadian actress
• Grace Park (golfer) (born 1979), South Korean professional golfer
• Grace Parra, American screenwriter, presenter, and actress
• Grace Perry (1927–1987), Australian poet, editor and pediatrician
• Grace Phipps (born 1992), American actress
• Grace Evelyn Pickford (1902–1986), English-born American biologist and endocrinologist
• Grace Poe (born 1968), Filipino politician
• Grace Portolesi (born 1968), Australian politician
• Grace Potter (born 1983), American lead singer of rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

R

• Grace Randolph (born 1987), American film reporter and critic
• Grace Rasmussen (born 1988), New Zealand netball player
• Grace Renzi (1922–2011), American artist
• Grace Rhys (1865–1929), Irish writer
• Grace S. Richmond (1866–1959), American writer
• Grace Robertson (1930–2021), Scottish photographer
• Grace Rohrer (1924–2011), American educator, arts and women's rights activist and politician
• Grace Rolek (born 1997), American actress
• Grace Alexandra Rood (1893–1981), New Zealand school dental nurse
• Grace Roosevelt (1867–1945), American tennis player
• Grace Ross (born 1961), American environmental activist

S

• Grace Sandhouse (1896–1940), American entomologist
• Grace Berg Schaible (1925–2017), American lawyer, the first female state's attorney general
• Grace Schulman (born 1935), American poet and academic
• Grace Carew Sheldon (1855–1921), American journalist, author, editor, businesswoman
• Grace Sherwood (died 1740), American woman convicted of witchcraft in the U.S. state of Virginia in 1705–1706
• Grace Slick (born 1939), American rock vocalist
• Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), Australian artist
• Grace Snyder (1882–1982), American quilter, pioneer and centenarian
• Gracie Spinks (died 2021), English lifeguard believed to have been murdered
• Grace Stafford (1903–1992), American actress
• Grace Stanke (born 2002), American beauty pageant titleholder
• Grace Zaring Stone (1891–1991), American novelist and short story writer
• Grace Stratton (born 1999), New Zealand blogger and fashion entrepreneur
• Grace Sulzberger (born 1988), Australian cyclist

T

• Grace Tame (born 1994), Australian activist and sexual assault survivor advocate
• Grace Tanamal (born 1957), Dutch politician
• Grace Taylor (gymnast) (born 1988), American gymnast
• Grace Dyer Taylor (1859–1867), English Christian missionary in China
• Grace Paine Terzian (born 1952), American political writer and publishing executive
• Grace Thompson (1891–?), American silent film actress
• Grace Hyde Trine (1874–1972), American writer, lecturer, dramatic reader
• Grace Tsutada (born 1942), Japanese teacher and missionary
• Grace Tully (1900–1984), American presidential private secretary (to Franklin D. Roosevelt)

U

• Grace Upshaw (born 1975), American track and field athlete

V

• Grace Valentine (1884–1964), American actress
• Grace Van Studdiford (1873–1927), American opera singer and actress
• Grace Vanderbilt (1870–1953), American socialite
• Grace VanderWaal (born 2004), American singer-songwriter

W

• Grace Wahba (born 1934), American statistician and academic
• Grace Wahu (c. 1907–2007), first wife of Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya
• Grace Jane Wallace (died 1878), Scottish author and translator
• Grace Wanjiru (born 1979), Kenyan race walker
• Grace Miller White (1868–1957), American author
• Grace Lee Whitney (1930–2015), American actress and entertainer
• Grace Widdowson (1892–1989), New Zealand nurse and hospital matron
• Grace Olive Wiley (1883–1948), American herpetologist
• Grace Williams (1906–1977), Welsh composer
• Grace Wilson (1879–1957), Australian high-ranked army nurse during World War I and World War II
• Grace Wilson (soccer) (born 2005), Australian football player
• Grace Wong (born 1986), Hong Kong-born actress
• Grace Woodward (born 1978), English fashion stylist and television presenter
• Grace Wyndham Goldie (1900–1986), British pioneer television producer

Y

• 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

Z

• Grace Zabriskie (born 1941), American actress

Pseudonyms

• "Grace Greenwood", pseudonym of Sara Jane Lippincott (1823–1904), American writer
• "Grace", alias of the underaged sole survivor of the 2008 Yishun triple murders case from Singapore

Fictional characters

• Grace Adler, in the television comedy series Will and Grace
• Grace Archer (1930–1955), in the BBC's long-running radio drama serial The Archers
• Grace Augustine, scientist in the film Avatar
• Grace Balin, the first DC Comics supervillainess known as Orca
• DCI Grace Barraclough, in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale
• Grace Beauchamp, in the BBC One drama series Holby City
• Grace Bennett, in the film Monte Carlo
• Grace Bernard, in the book "How to Kill Your Family" by Bella Mackie
• Grace Bowman, in American television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager
• Grace Cavendish, detective and the central character in the Lady Grace Mysteries
• Grace Choi, in the DC Comics universe
• Grace Connelly, in the film Bruce Almighty
• Grace Florrick, daughter of Alicia Florrick in the American television series The Good Wife
• Grace Hamilton, in the movie The Godfather Part III
• Grace Harlowe, the protagonist of four series of books for girls by Jessie Graham Flower
• Grace Holloway, in the 1996 television movie Doctor Who
• Grace Kingston, in the Australian drama series McLeod's Daughters
• Grace Margaret Mulligan, lead character in the films Dogville and Manderlay
• Grace Monroe, the main character in Book Three (and a minor character in Book Two) of the animated anthology series Infinity Train
• Grace Nakimura, in the adventure game series Gabriel Knight
• Grace Santos, in the film The 24 Hour Woman
• Grace Santos, in the Filipino TV series Aso ni San Roque
• Grace Sheffield, in the American TV series The Nanny
• Grace (Soulfire), in the comic book Soulfire
• Grace Stamper, in the 1998 film Armageddon
• Grace Thomas, American Girl character
• Grace Turner, in the soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Grace Van Owen, in the TV series LA Law
• Grace Van Pelt, in the TV series The Mentalist
• Grace, an animal character in the Disney film Home on the Range
• Grace, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
• Grace the Glitter Fairy, in the book franchise Rainbow Magic
• Grace, a hunter in the video game Identity V
• Grace Stone, a character in the Netflix series Manifest

See also

• Ti-Grace Atkinson (born 1938), American feminist author
• Grace-Ann Dinkins (born 1966), American track and field athlete