Grace (given name)

Grace is a female 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
 * Indonesian: Grace, Graciela
 * Latin: Gratia
 * Polish: Gracja
 * Portuguese: Graça, Gracília
 * Spanish: Gracia, Graciela
 * Basque: Garazi
 * Bulgarian: Грация
 * Serbo-Croatian: Gracija

A

 * Grace Abbott (1878–1939), American social worker
 * Grace Adams (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
 * 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 Alexander (1872–1951), American writer, journalist, teacher
 * 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 Berger (born 1999), American professional basketball
 * Grace Beverley (born 1997), English entrepreneur, influencer, and podcaster
 * Grace Bilger (1907–2000), American artist
 * Grace Birungi (born 1973), Ugandan runner
 * Grace Blakeley (born 1993), English economics and politics commentator, columnist, journalist and author
 * Grace Lee Boggs (1915–2015), Chinese-American author, social activist and feminist
 * Grace Bonney (born 1981), American author, blogger, and entrepreneur
 * 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 Cuthbert-Browne (1900–1988), Australian medical doctor
 * 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 (1886–1962), New Zealand artist
 * Grace Byers, Caymanian-American actress

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 Chatto (born 1985), English musician 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 Elizabeth (born 1997), American fashion model
 * 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 Fryer (1899-1933), American dialpainter
 * 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 Harris (1993), Australian cricketer
 * 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
 * Grace Hyland, Australian internet personality and LGBTQ rights activist

I

 * Grace Ingalls (1877–1941), American journalist and youngest sister of novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder
 * Grace Ives (born 1995), American singer-songwriter

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 Kim (born 2000), Australian professional golfer
 * 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
 * Grace Nuhfer (born 2002), American Paralympic swimmer

O

 * Grace Oakeshott (1872–1929), British women's rights activist
 * 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 Petrie (born 1987), English folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 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
 * Grace Harriet Spofford (1887–1974), American music educator
 * 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 Van Dien (born 1996), American actress and social media personality
 * Grace Van Studdiford (1873–1927), American opera singer and actress
 * Grace Van Patten (born 1996), American actress
 * Grace Valentine (1884–1964), American 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
 * Grace Zumwinkle (born 1999), American ice hockey player

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 Ho (1907–1996), Chinese mother of Bruce Lee
 * 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