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Grace as a first name

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FeelTheRush · 07/03/2026 12:48

Just read the 'Rose as a middle name' thread and Grace gets a lot of collateral heat. I'm contemplating it as first name for my first (and likely only) child. Is it less 'meh' as a first name?

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LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 23/03/2026 11:32

Love it

MrsKateColumbo · 22/03/2026 09:13

It's a nice name, not necessarily one i wohld chose but timeless nonetheless

ThankFuckTheSunIsHere · 22/03/2026 09:13

Classic name. Like Ava - quite overused but gorgeous. Lauren too.

RogueFemale · 11/03/2026 22:48

I don't like it, also it often turns into Gracie.

fashionqueen0123 · 11/03/2026 22:48

Love it!

pippapipps · 11/03/2026 22:47

I absolutely love Grace my dd middle name

Hello19834 · 11/03/2026 22:45

Grace is lovely

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 11/03/2026 08:24

I like it so much that even knowing a very bossy one in a past job hasn't spoilt it for me. Definitely reclaim it as a first name - it is too nice to be hidden away.

Giddykiddy · 10/03/2026 23:32

It's a lovely classic name

JuliettaCaeser · 10/03/2026 23:30

Each of my dds know an unpleasant extremely graceless Grace. Totally put me off that name.

Raquelos · 10/03/2026 23:08

It's a lovely name, but I think I would hesitate to burden a child with a name they may not live up to, tbh. It's a bit challenging to be a clumsy kid without spatial awareness, but so much worse if you're called Grace.

clarrylove · 10/03/2026 21:04

I do like the name but I think it is hard to live up to if you are not graceful/delicate in stature.

Sbmpp · 10/03/2026 20:59

Beautiful name.

Rituelec · 10/03/2026 20:19

It was on my shortlist. Love Grace, but not Gracie.

Roulett · 10/03/2026 20:12

I love it

saycheeese · 10/03/2026 20:11

Love grace as a first name. I used to work in nurseries and every grace I ever looked after was always an extremely outgoing and headstrong character.

FiveMetresUp · 09/03/2026 06:52

I knew a Grace. She was a huge, great lumbering child. She had a brother, Hunter, a timid delicate little soul.

Lovely kids, but neither fitted their name.

Moreteaandchocolate · 09/03/2026 05:56

Lovely name

Spidey66 · 08/03/2026 12:36

Beautiful timeless name x

BigFishLittleFishCardboardBoxes · 08/03/2026 12:23

For me because it’s always used hyphenated after Mia/Willow/Olivia/Amelia/Isla/Evie it just falls into generic girl’s name catagory. If you like it then use it, but it’s nothing unusual. And I say this as someone who’s DC have popular names.

Myswweetchild · 08/03/2026 12:03

I love Grace and Rose as first names.
Louise and Jane were popular as second names when I was growing up - I much prefer them as first names, too.

Janeaway · 08/03/2026 11:59

Lovely timeless name.

Sweetcorn100 · 08/03/2026 11:51

Pretty name!

Viviennemary · 07/03/2026 23:41

I think its a very nice name.

ErinLacey · 07/03/2026 23:40

Lovely name!