Girl · Old Irish
Gráinne
Say it: GRAWN-yuh
Meaning
Uncertain. Linked by some to grán 'grain' (and a supposed grain goddess), by others to gráin 'loathing, ugliness'; neither is proven.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Rendered as Grace in English records, an equivalent by sound rather than meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 92 babies given this name since 1969
- At its height in 2002, about 1 in 199,600 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Grainne, Grania
| English | Grace |
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Famous bearers
- Gráinne, heroine of the tale of Diarmaid and Gráinne
- Gráinne Ní Mháille (Grace O'Malley), 16th-century sea captain
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.