Grace
From Latin, in the sense of grace, favor, a blessing. In Poland it stays rare, given to only a handful of girls each year, but the newborn count has been climbing, with more arriving last year than in most years before.
Grace Pronunciation
Grace is pronounced GRAH-tse (/ˈgrat͡sɛ/).
What Grace means
Where Grace comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Grace comes from the Latin gratia, meaning favor and thankfulness, the good will one person shows another. The Romans used it for the charm that made a person pleasing and for the gratitude owed in return. In English the word became a name in its own right. Puritan families in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries chose virtue names, and Grace stood among them, tied to the idea of divine favor freely given.
The short meaning stays close to the source: grace, favor, blessing. In Polish it lands as łaska and wdzięk, the mercy of a gift and the ease of a graceful movement.
Real bearers give the name its outline. Grace Darling, a lighthouse keeper's daughter, rowed out into a storm off the English coast in 1838 and helped rescue survivors of a wreck. Her fame spread across Britain within weeks. On a Polish class register the name sits plainly, no diminutive attached, since Grace keeps no Polish short form. Grace holds its meaning: favor and blessing.
How many people are named Grace
1 in 56079 women in Poland is named Grace. 404 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1471 among female names.
Grace's popularity over time
6 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #858 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2011.
Where Grace is most popular
Grace is most popular in West Pomeranian, 1180% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Subcarpathian (+796%).
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West Pomeranian2 girls born+1180%
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Subcarpathian2 girls born+796%
Grace as a middle name
Grace is a first name for 404 women in Poland and a middle name for another 908, a 31/69 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 257th, between Elfryda (918) and Noemi (899).
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#255 Iza922
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#256 Elfryda918
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#257 Grace908
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#258 Noemi899
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#259 Seweryna880