Grace (given name)

Grace (given name)

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Grace is a feminine given name (Grâce in French), from the Latin "gratia".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, "Oxford Dictionary of First Names", Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.113.] The vocabulary word may be elaborated upon as meaning 'effortless beauty'.

People named Grace

* Princess Grace (born Grace Kelly), Princess of Monaco.
* Grace Jones, Jamaican-born singer, actress and model.
* Grace Slick, rock vocalist
* Grace Morley, museologist who founded museums in San Francisco and New Delhi
* Grace Graves, Famous caterer and Herbalist
* Grace Yadanar,a Burmese girl lives in Rockville, MD

Characters named Grace

* Grace Choi, a character in the DC comics universe

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