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Comments and insights on the name Grace: | Edit

Our 2nd daughter is named Grace 9/05 we call her Gracie Lu, or Grace Liddlechia, her middle name is Lucia and her older sister couldn't pronounce it so she called her that instead.

Our puppy, who is like our child, is named Grace but it's because she lacks everything that the name represents...LOL!

The name Grace is #6 on the list of top 100 cool baby girl names in the baby name book "Cool Names" by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz.

Personal experiences with the name Grace: | Edit

-My name is Grace. At the time I was born, I don't think it was quite popular because
I lived in a huge town and never met one other person named Grace, even though it is a common name, in fact, I was the only Grace in my school.

-My name is Grace, and though I know many Grace's, most of them are younger kids. Everyone says my name is pretty and I love it so much! When I was little people called me Gracie and that name stuck.

-My daughter's middle name is Grace, which was a last minute decision, and partially from the song titled "Grace Too." We originally were going to go with Emerson Weld, as we wanted a one-syllable middle name after the three syllables in the first name (We're poets.) We switched to Grace because it sounded so much more pleasant, and if she didn't like the gender-ambiguous Emerson, or Em, she could switch to something a little more "girly."

-I am seeing Grace very often now as a middle name: Hannah Grace, Sarah Grace, Amanda Grace, Ava Grace, Mary Grace, etc. I think it will become the "Lynn" of my generation.

Nicknames for Grace: | Edit

Gracie, Gracey, Gracie-Lou, Gray-gray, Gee, Gray, Great, Grease, Gr-Ace, Graciela, Gracie-poo

Meanings and history of the name Grace: | Edit

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Famous real-life people named Grace: | Edit

Grace Kelly, film star
Grace Hartigan (b. 1922), American painter
Grace Horsley Darling (1815-1842), English maritime rescuer
Adm. Grace Hopper (1906-1992), American mathematician
Grace Hebard (1861-1936), American suffragist, historian
Grace Goodhue Coolidge, First Lady and wife of Calvin Coolidge
Grace Paley (1922-2007), American writer
Grace Chisholm Young (1868-1944), English mathematician
Grace Jones, Jamaican-born singer, actress and model.
Grace Slick, rock vocalist
Grace Morley, museologist who founded museums in San Francisco and New Delhi
Gracie Fields, actress
Gracie Allen, actress
Grace Moore, operatic singer & actress
Grace Bumbry, opera singer
Grace Metalious, American author of "Peyton Place"

Grace in song, story & screen: | Edit

"Amazing Grace," a hymn by John Newton
"Gracie," a song by Ben Folds
Grace Adler, from "Will & Grace"
"Grace Cathedral Hill", a song by the Decemberists
"Grace" song by Supergrass
"Grace" A 2009 film with a baby named Grace, who needs "special food"
"Grace", song by Jeff Buckley
"Grace", Jeff Buckley's only album