What names mean grace?
Grace and Charis are names connected with grace. Grace uses the English word, while the Greek word behind Charis means "grace" or "kindness".
Explore the names below and follow any name to its full history.
Amarachi Igbo · God's grace
Joann Hebrew · God is gracious
Johanna German · God is gracious
Janet Hebrew · God is gracious
Joan Hebrew · God is gracious
Yannis Greek · God is gracious
João Portuguese · God is gracious
Keoni Hawaiian · God is gracious
John Hebrew · God is gracious
Shane Irish · God is gracious
Ivan Slavic · God is gracious
Giovanni Italian · God is gracious
Jean French · God is gracious
Joanne Hebrew · God is gracious
Miłosz Polish · gracious glory, dear glory
Milena Slavic · gracious, dear one; Slavic feminine of Milan
Grazyna Polish · gracious, amiable; popularized by Adam Mickiewicz's Romantic poem "Grażyna"
Charisma Greek · gift of grace, charm
Ha-eun Korean · grace and generosity
Sulo Finnish · charm, grace, sweetness; historically given to both sexes until 1939, now used only for boys
Eun-ji Korean · grace and wisdom
Grace Latin · English virtue name from the word grace, ultimately from Latin gratia
Prasad Telugu · divine grace; the blessed offering brought home from the temple (Sanskrit prasada). The workhorse of Telugu men's naming for two generations, usually as the second half of a compound (Durga Prasad, Siva Prasad, Rama Prasad), a pattern so characteristic that Prasad alone often signals a Telugu family; today it is a father and grandfather name, honored rather than given
Charissa Greek · from Greek charis, grace; coined by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene (1590) as a personification of charity
Arul Tamil · grace, divine grace (Tamil)
Jovanni Italian · variant of Giovanni, God is gracious
Milan Slavic · from the Slavic element milŭ, "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names beginning with that element
Hana Hebrew · grace, mercy (shared with Hannah)
Shaun Irish · variant of Sean, God is gracious
Janie Hebrew · diminutive of Jane, God is gracious
Gian Italian · short form of Giovanni, God is gracious
Seoyeon Korean · auspicious grace; one of the most popular 2010s-2020s Korean girls' names, increasingly kept as the sole legal American first name
Adom Akan · grace, in the Twi language
Graciela Spanish · Spanish form of Grace, from Latin gratia, 'grace, favor'
Janna Hebrew · variant of Jane, traditionally God is gracious
Da-eun Korean · virtue and grace
Sena Korean · power and grace
Johnnie Hebrew · diminutive of John, 'God is gracious'
Janice Hebrew · feminine form of John, 'God is gracious'
Lawan Thai · grace, loveliness (from Sanskrit lavanya)
Jane Hebrew · God is gracious (feminine form of John); famously borne by Jane Goodall, primatologist whose decades of research transformed the study of chimpanzees
Joana Hebrew · variant of Joanna, 'God is gracious'
Joni Hebrew · variant of Joan, traditionally God is gracious
Ivanna Slavic · feminine form of Ivan, God is gracious
Johannes Hebrew, via Latin · a Latin form of John, from Hebrew for "God is gracious"; borne by Johannes Vermeer, who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring
Karis Greek · means 'grace', from Greek 'charis'
Na-eun Korean · my grace
Jannie Hebrew · diminutive of Jane, 'God is gracious'
Jennie Hebrew · diminutive of Jane, 'God is gracious'
Jeannie Hebrew · diminutive of Jean, 'God is gracious'
Jeanie Hebrew · diminutive of Jean, 'God is gracious'
Jeanette French · diminutive of Jean, 'God is gracious'
Jovani Italian · variant of Giovanni, traditionally 'God is gracious'
Janis English · form of Janice, from Jane, 'God is gracious'; famously borne by Janis Joplin
Giana Italian · variant of Gianna, from Giovanni, God is gracious
Jo Hebrew · diminutive of Joanna/Josephine, God is gracious
Hans German · God is gracious (short form of Johannes)
Charis Greek · 'grace', related to the Charites (Graces) of Greek myth
Hovhannes Armenian · Armenian form of John: God is gracious
Giavanna Italian · variant of Giovanna, feminine of Giovanni, God is gracious
Geovanni Italian · variant spelling of Giovanni, 'God is gracious'
Jovany Italian · variant spelling of Giovanni, 'God is gracious'
Jovanny Italian · variant spelling of Giovanni, 'God is gracious'
Nancy English · grace
Amara Igbo · grace
Anya Russian · grace
Anushka Sanskrit · grace; famously borne by Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma
Kiaan Hindi · grace of god (a modern coinage)
Grayce English · a historic spelling variant of Grace, the English virtue name from Latin gratia
Jayne Hebrew · traditionally God is gracious (variant of Jane)
Jeanne French · form of Jean/Joanna, traditionally 'God is gracious'
Jan Polish · God is gracious (Polish form of John)
Ean Scottish · variant spelling of Ian/Eoin, "God is gracious"
Sinéad Irish · God is gracious (Irish form of Jane; associated with singer Sinéad O'Connor)
Jianna Italian · variant of Gianna, meaning 'God is gracious'
Barkev Armenian · traditionally associated with grace and benevolence
Vania Slavic · variant of Ivana/Vanya, traditionally 'God is gracious'
Johnie Hebrew · variant of Johnny, diminutive of John, 'God is gracious'
Giovani Italian · God is gracious (Brazilian single-n spelling of Giovanni)
Jovan Slavic · South Slavic form of John, "God is gracious"
Hovik Armenian · affectionate short form of Hovhannes (John): God is gracious
Wing-Yan Cantonese · chant or recite; grace or kindness (詠恩)
Johana Hebrew · variant of Johanna, Hebrew for 'God is gracious'
Janelle English · diminutive of Jane, in use since the twentieth century
Eoin Irish · God is gracious, Irish form of John/Owen; kept in its original Irish spelling with pride
Janette French · diminutive of Jane/Jeanne, traditionally 'God is gracious'
Juanita Spanish · feminine form of Juan/John, 'God is gracious'
Janeth Hebrew · variant of Janet, ultimately from Hebrew, 'God is gracious'
Joanie Hebrew · diminutive of Joan, Hebrew for 'God is gracious'
Hannah Hebrew · "grace, favor," from Channah, the mother who prayed for a child and gave the Bible one of its tenderest stories; a Puritan mainstay revived in the 1980s and 90s to the American top five. A palindrome, warm from either direction
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