Grace (given name)

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Grace is a feminine given name (Grâce in French), from the Latin gratia.[1] It is often given in reference to the Christian concept of divine grace and used as a virtue name.

Variants

People named Grace

(by surname)

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

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  • Grace La Rue (1882–1956), American actress, singer, and Vaudeville performer
  • 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 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

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  • Grace O'Malley (c. 1530–c. 1603), Irish chieftain and pirate
  • Grace Ogot (born 1934), Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat

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  • Grace Ueng (born 1965), Chinese-American business executive
  • Grace Upshaw (born 1975), American track and field athlete

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Pseudonyms

Characters named Grace

  • Grace Adler, one of the title characters from NBC's comedy Will and Grace, played by Debra Messing.
  • Grace Andrews, character in the Christian radio drama Down Gilead Lane
  • Grace Andrews, character in the film The Hitcher and the remake
  • Grace Archer (1930–1955), fictional character from the BBC's long-running radio drama serial, The Archers
  • Grace Augustine, scientist in Avatar by James Cameron
  • DCI Grace Barraclough, fictional character in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale
  • Grace Beauchamp, a character in the BBC One drama series Holby City
  • Grace Bowman (Secret Life of the American Teenager), a character in Secret Life of the American Teenager
  • Grace Brisbane, one of the two main characters in the book Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
  • Grace Cavendish, fictional detective and the central character in the Lady Grace Mysteries
  • Grace Choi, a character in the DC comics universe
  • Grace Hamilton, character in The Godfather Part III
  • Grace Hamilton, character in The Love Hermit
  • Grace Harlowe, protagonist of four series of books for girls, published by Altemus between 1910 and 1924
  • Grace Holloway, fictional character played by Daphne Ashbrook in the 1996 television movie Doctor Who
  • Grace Kingston, character in the Australian drama series McLeod's Daughters
  • Grace Margaret Mulligan, lead character in Dogville and Manderlay by Lars Von Trier
  • Grace Nakimura, fictional character in the adventure game series Gabriel Knight
  • Grace Park, fictional NBC page portrayed by Charlene Yi in the 30 Rock episode, "The C Word"
  • Grace Santiago, fictional character on the American television series Nip/Tuck
  • Grace Santos, character in The 24 Hour Woman
  • Grace Santos, character in Aso ni San Roque
  • Grace (Soulfire), fictional character in Soulfire, a comic book created by Michael Turner
  • Grace Turner, fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
  • Grace Van Owen, a character played by Susan Dey on NBC's LA Law
  • Grace Van Pelt, a character in The Mentalist
  • Grace, a cow in the Disney film, Home on the Range (film)

References

  1. ↑ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.113.
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