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Grace

Grace is an English virtue name taken from the word grace, with an older connection to Latin gratia. The name was used in the Puritan virtue-name tradition. Grace Kelly is one documented namesake, but that actress does not account for the name’s earlier history.

Meaning
The English word grace
Name or word origin
English virtue name

Sources and meaning notes

The source supports the word-name history and the distinction between name origin and a later namesake.

  • Behind the Name: Grace The name form, its documented usage and the specific name-history relationships described here

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Catalog grouping: Female. This is a browsing label and does not restrict which cats can use the name.

Names in similar collections to Grace

These entries have source references and overlap with this name in the site’s editorial collections. The overlap does not measure pet-owner preferences or prove a shared linguistic origin.

NameMeaning or reference
Rose The rose flower association; also an older personal-name history
Emma Connected with a Germanic element meaning whole or great
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Alice A form descended from Aalis and Adelais
Lucy English form of Lucia