Grace
Grace is a girl name of Latin origin, ranked #31 in popularity, meaning Grace, elegance, divine favor.
What Grace means
Grace, elegance, divine favor.
Grace sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Grace comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Grace is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Grace?
Grace is ranked #31. Names in this band tend to be the comfortable middle ground — recognised everywhere, but common enough to need no explanation and rare enough to still feel chosen.
The character of Grace
Grace spans grace and gentleness, faith and the long-established classics, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Grace
These share Grace's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Arabella — Yielding to prayer; beautiful.
- Cecilia — Patroness of music.
- Constance — Steadfast and constant.
- Augustine — Great and venerable.
- Benedict — Blessed.
- Agatha — Good and honourable.
- Agnes — Pure and holy.
- Antonella — Priceless; praiseworthy.
- Ariadne — Most holy and pure.
- Dorothy — Gift of God.
- Elizabeth — Pledged to God; God is my oath.
- Elsie — Pledged to God.