Given name
Grayce
Grayce is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Grayce is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.
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Where it comes from
Grayce is a variant of Grace. Grace comes from the English abstract noun, which traces back to Latin gratia.
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How it developed
Grayce is a variant of Grace. The shared background comes through Grace: The English word became a given name in its own right. In Ireland, Grace was also used as an English form of Grainne; that substitution is a separate naming tradition.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Grayce is a variant of Grace. The history of Grace gives this family its wider story. Puritans used Grace as a given name in the seventeenth century. Later bearers such as the rescue heroine Grace Darling and the actress Grace Kelly added distinct historical associations to it.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Grayce through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,424
- 0 boys · 4,424 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 134 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,253 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,253 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 42.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 134 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,859 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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