Thoughts on the name Grace?

[emmie841]

A lovely classic but is it too popular? Interested to hear your thoughts

Was always my favourite girls name. My Grace is now 19. She has never had another Grace in her class and it suits her perfectly.

Weirdly I don't think Grace sounds at all like its meaning, I think it's the strong 'Grrr' sound.

It’s nice, but it is overused.

It's ok.
I find it a bit boring.

Beautiful

Very very common these days. My daughter has three in her class and I know many Graces.

I love it. I used to teach children and the few Graces I met were lovely!

Ultra boring to me I'm afraid. Sounds similar to grease. So many nicer names out there.

@mrbensbaker

It's amazing.

Love it. It peaked in 2006 and has been falling each and every year since then. About to leave the top 10. Is used far less than it used to be.

Quite like it - but I like the meaning better than the sound, which is slightly too close to grease. Also always think it will be unfortunate if she is moody or clumsy.

@MsTSwift

Over used now. Also quite cruel if the child ends up of larger build. Several we know are really rather the opposite of graceful

The name has nothing to do with being slender, and you are unkind to view someone in that way.

Very much influenced by the Grace I know - she is a lovely person and so I love the name.

Definition of Grace. Where does it say you have to be slender? It's got nothing to do with weight. Why do people have to be so unkind?

Yawn. Boring

I don't mind it as a middle name.

It's grown on me & I quite like it now

Grace is fine- Yes it's popular, but it's a elegant sounding, fairly traditional name that shouldn't date her quite as badly as some of the more trendy names in the top 20. You just have to decide if you care that she may not be the only Grace in her class or hobby groups.

If you aren't sure, I personally prefer the similar retro/vintage May (very underused as a first name) or the more popular, but romantic sounding Rose (although there seem to be are a fair few Rosie's about).

Love Grace

Lovely, and still lovely though popular. Not everyone is put off by popularity.

Also, some names - particularly more classic ones like Grace, Kate, Sophie, Jack, William - carry popularity much better than names that are only popular for a decade such as Jayden, Aria, Riley.

I think it's so overdone that it's been a bit spoilt

Tbh OP if you like the name it doesn’t matter what people on the internet say.

The 2 Graces I know are the exact opposite of graceful. Why virtue names are a gamble.

Gracie is quite popular around here.

Technically lovely but so overused it's lost all meaning. So uber dull.