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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Grace f. Latin gratia 'favor, goodwill, kindness; gratitude; grace'.

Like other virtue names, Grace was not much used in England before the 16th C, but unlike other virtue names, it shows up elsewhere much earlier.

England
Latin
● 1559/60 Grace (nom) Chst-1 p. 10; 1560 Gracia (nom) ibid. p. 10; 1561 Grace (nom) ibid. p. 10
Early Modern English
● 1530 Grace LIWill-III p. 3; 1542 Grace BarnstapleBap p. 2; 1543 Grace StAnthonlin p. 4; 1545 Grace BarnstapleBap p. 4; 1548 Grace ibid. p. 6; 1551 Grace ibid. p. 7; 1552 Grace StAnthonlin p. 9; 1553 Grace BarnstapleBap p. 8; 1554 Grace ibid. p. 8; 1555 Grace ibid. p. 9; 1556 Grace ibid. p. 9, StAnthonlin p. 11; 1557 Grace BarnstapleBap p. 10; 1559 Grace ibid. p. 10; 1562 Grace ibid. p. 12; 1568 Grace StAnthonlin p. 19; 1574 Grace bruton-vol1 p. 41; 1575 Grace StAnthonlin p. 24; 1577 Grace DEmar-vol1 p. 83; 1579 Grace bruton-vol1 p. 43; 1580 Grace StAnthonlin p. 28; 1583 Grace COmar-vol2 p. 49, DEmar-vol2 p. 8, HAmar-vol9 p. 68; 1585 Grace DEmar-vol2 p. 11, OrpingtonKe p. 7; 1586 Grace COmar-vol2 p. 102, DEmar-vol1 p. 85; 1589 Grace COmar-vol2 p. 23, DEmar-vol2 p. 19; 1590 Grace COmar-vol2 p. 72, DEmar-vol2 p. 21; 1592 Grace COmar-vol2 p. 49, DEmar-vol2 p. 25; 1593 Grace COmar-vol2 p. 24, DEmar-vol2 p. 27; 1594 Grace COmar-vol2 p. 102, DEmar-vol1 p. 87; 1596 Grace CAmar-vol1 p. 6, DEmar-vol2 p. 34; 1598 Grace ibid. p. 39; 1599 Grace COmar-vol2 p. 73, bruton-vol1 p. 57
France
Latin
● 1287 Gracia (nom) GasReg-A p. 74
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Gracia (nom) BBC-Berg 42
Portugal
Latin
● 1217 Gratiæ (gen) PHGCRP-I no. 21
Spain
Latin
● 1492 Gratia (nom) carbonell p. 66
Catalan
● 1510 Gracia valencia1510 3428
Spanish
● 1496 Gratia olite1496 p. 182
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Grace". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Grace.