Grace

See also: grace, Graces, grâce, and Grâce

English

Etymology

From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹeɪs/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -eɪs
• Homophone: grace

Proper noun

Grace (countable and uncountable, plural Graces)

1. (countable) A female given name from English.
   • 1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides:

     To The Handsome Mistress Grace Potter: As is your name, so is your comely face / Touch'd everywhere with such a diffused grace /

   • 1839, George William MacArthur Reynolds, Grace Darling, or the Heroine of the Fern Islands, page 24:

     Grace does not belie her name; for she is indeed a sweet girl, modest and unassuming, and appearing to be unconscious of having done anything great or noble. - OBSERVER, Dec.16, 1838.

   • 1965 Naomi Long Madgett: Her Story, Star By Star, Harlo Press :

     They named me Grace and waited for a light and agile dancer. / But some trick of genes mixed me up / And instead I turned out big and black and burly.

   • 2002 June, Deborah Paul, “Amazing Grace”, in Indianapolis Monthly, page 249:

     Had I given birth to a daughter of my own, I'd like to have called her Grace, a classic and poetic name, one that illuminates a person of dignity and poise.

2. (countable) A surname.
3. A placename in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Caribou County, Idaho.
   2. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
   3. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi.
   4. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri
   5. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
   6. An unincorporated community in Silver Bow County, Montana.
   7. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
   8. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.

Translations

female given name

• Bengali: গ্রেস (gres)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格雷絲 / 格雷丝 (Géléisī)

• French: Grace (fr) f
• Galician: Gracia (gl)
• Greek: Αγλαΐα (el) f (Aglaḯa), Γκρέις (el) (Gkréis) (transliteration from English)
• Hebrew: חנה (he) f (Chana)
• Italian: Grazia (it) f
• Japanese: グレース (Gurēsu)
• Ladino: Graçia f, Grazia f, Gracia
• Marathi: ग्रेस f (gres)
• Polish: Gracja (pl)
• Portuguese: Graça (pt) f
• Russian: Грейс (ru) f (Grɛjs), Агла́я (ru) f (Aglája) (cognate, dated)
• Scottish Gaelic: Giorsal f
• Spanish: Gracia (es) f
• Yiddish: חנה f (Khana)

Anagrams

• garce, cager

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Grace.

Proper noun

Grace

1. a female given name from English

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Grace.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾejs/ [ˈɡɾeɪ̯s]
• Rhymes: -ejs

Proper noun

Grace (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. a female given name from English