THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Grace
Grace is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Grace.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈɡɾejs/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈɡ̠ɾeɪ̯s]Standard-Tagalog
Grace1 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Grace.
a female given name from English
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Grace.
a female given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.
A female given name from English.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Grace
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Grace Poe
Filipino politician, Senator
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Grace Nono
Filipino musician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
7
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Grace Poe, Grace Nono
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Grace in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Grace
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Brace♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Grae♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Ace♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Gracia·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Greco♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Gracita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Gracito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Greg♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Grace?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Grace
9 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Agripina Grace·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Filipina Grace·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Grace Ann♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Grace Arlene·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Grace Ellen·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Grace Lily·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Honey Grace·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Mary Grace♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
Explore Grace further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1541047 — Grace (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Grace Poe (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1541047 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Grace Nono (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1541047 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Grace (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Grace (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Grace (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.