Grace

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

Origin and Meaning

English name

1) From the abstract noun (originally from Latin gratia = 'grace') ^[1]

2) Anglicized form of the Irish name Gráinne
a) Irish Gaelic grán = 'grain' ^[1]
b) Irish Gaelic gráin = 'disgust' ^[1]

Related Names

Grace	♀
Gracia	♀

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		326	895	6	7
Denmark[3]		217	n.a.	5	n.a
Norway[4]		98	259	0	0
Finland[5]		n.a.	275	n.a	3
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[2][3][4][5]:

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi