Names That Mean Grace Or Gracious
Names whose recorded root means grace — the enormous Hebrew ḥannâ family (Hannah, Anna, Anne, and through 'God is gracious', John, Jane and their dozens of forms across languages).
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yəhōḥānān — “God is gracious” | 8,027#23 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” via Ann | 265#967 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” | 2,521#107 | Down 39 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Yəhōḥānān — “God is gracious” via John | 8,748#15 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 222#1,087 | Up 460 rank positions in five years | 1932 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” | 225#1,076 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” | 3,973#56 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 88#2,130 | Up 228 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
Yōḥānān — “God is gracious” | 616#489 | Down 155 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 70#2,522 | Down 560 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 1,380#221 | Up 43 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” via Ann | 1,690#182 | Up 107 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” | 472#619 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Yəhōḥānān — “God is gracious” via John | 682#458 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Yōḥānān — “God is gracious” via Sean | 399#682 | Down 230 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” via Ana | 165#1,342 | Up 192 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Yōḥānān — “God is gracious” | 439#636 | Down 129 rank positions in five years | 1973 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jane | 330#824 | Down 105 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious” | 149#1,443 | Down 178 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jeanne | 75#2,391 | Up 173 rank positions in five years | 1939 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 30#4,600 | Down 893 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Yəhōḥānān — “God is gracious” via John | 2,240#163 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” via Anna | 946#324 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 997#306 | Down 50 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” | 1,276#245 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Yəhōḥānān — “God is gracious” via John | 61#2,295 | Down 340 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jane | 142#1,503 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jane | 168#1,329 | Up 456 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Yōḥānān — “God is gracious” | 79#1,956 | Down 818 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jeanne | 24#5,308 | Down 624 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
Yəhōḥānān — “God is gracious” via John | 1,051#324 | Down 66 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Janice | 5#15,894 | Up 240 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 309#871 | Down 226 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious” via Annette | 22#5,662 | Up 3,132 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Janice | 10#9,733 | Up 885 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 181#1,247 | Down 185 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
ḥanâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” | 580#512 | Up 16 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jean | 16#6,964 | Down 785 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jane | 21#5,804 | Down 579 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Joan | 112#1,803 | Up 427 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Yōḥānān — “God is gracious” | 11#9,371 | Down 2,775 rank positions in five years | 1979 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” via Ann | —Unranked | — | 1920 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jeanne | 9#10,454 | new | 1929 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 13#8,275 | Up 65 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” | 185#1,223 | Up 273 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jane | 122#1,687 | Down 448 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Jean | 21#5,806 | Up 2,356 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Yəhōḥānān — “God is gracious” via John | 776#413 | Up 70 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious” via Joan | 516#572 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child” via Ann | —Unranked | — | 1947 |
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Every name here has a documented root whose literal meaning matches this theme. Each name’s subtitle gives its documented root and meaning. Where it says "via", the name is a recorded form of another name (Maggie of Margaret) and the meaning is the base name's. Roots are extracted from etymologies on Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Ranks come from official birth card-application data; "—" means fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, a genuinely rare pick rather than an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.