51 Girl Names That Start With GR

Many girl names that start with GR come from just two roots: Latin gratia, ”grace,” and Greek margarites, ”pearl.” Grażyna is the odd one out, since Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz invented it for a poem in 1823.

So I have hand-picked fifty-one girl names that start with GR and their meanings.

List Of Girl Names That Start With GR:

Gratia

Gratia is a girl’s name of Latin origin which means ”grace.” Spelling variations are Grazia and Gracia.

Grazielle

This one is also from the Latin gratia.

Grettel

Grettel means “pearl” and is from the Greek Margarites. Grettel is pronounced ”greh-tel.”

Grazina

In Lithuanian Grazina means beautiful. English actress Grazina Frame played in The Morecambe and Wise Show, Doctor in Charge, The Fenn Street Gang, and That’s How Murder Snowballs.

Grada

Grada is a Dutch short form of Gerarda, brave spear.

Grietje

Grietje is another name that means ”pearl.” It is pronounced as greet-yuh. Grietje is the traditional Dutch diminutive form of Margaret.

Grian

Sun, in Irish.

Gratienne

Gratienne is of French origin and is symbolizing ”grace.”

Graceanne

It means ”divine” and Anne signifies favor. Graceanne has an English origin and is a rare one in the United States. In 1956 actress Grace Kelly became Princess of Monaco.

Gretchen

It is a German form of Margaret and is a diminutive form of Margarete which is from the ancient Greek margarites (pearl). I find Gretchen to be one of my favorites from this list. American country singer Gretchen Wilson charted 13 singles on the Billboard country charts. Gretchen Mol starred in The Notorious Bettie Page and in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

Grace

Grace has roots in the Latin gratia which I mentioned above.

Grazyna

The Polish Grazyna means ”beautiful” and comes from the Lithuanian word ”gražus.”

Grainne

In Irish Grainne means ”grain” or ”love” plus the meaning is debated.

Greta

Greta is another short form of Margaret. It is German.

Grier

Grier is a girl’s name with Scottish origins that means ”alert” or ”watchful.” Initially, it was a Scottish contraction of the surname MacGregor. American actress Pam Grier is a celebrity you may like with this name. Pam performed in Larry Crowne, Escape from L.A., Greased Lightning, and The Big Bird Cage.

Grayson

Grayson has its origins in Old English. Grayson means “son of the steward” or “son of the gray-haired man.”

Gracen

If you want another name that starts with gr and has origins in Old English, here it is: Gracen. It is a variation of Grayson as well as a modern variant of Grace.

Gretta

Gretta has a special meaning that I have discussed before: pearl. It is a short form of Margaret with Germanic roots.

Griselda

Griselda has Germanic origins and is symbolizing ”grey battle maiden.” Griselda Pascual y Xufré was a Spanish mathematician who received her doctorate in Exact Sciences in 1975. Griselda Báthory was the daughter of Christopher Báthory, voivode of Transylvania from 1576 to 1581.

Griffyn

Griffyn, traditionally used for boys, comes from grippiud that is meaning ”lord.” The griffin is a legendary creature characterized by having the body of a lion combined with the head and wings of an eagle. In Greek culture, the Griffin was a protector of the divine. Aeschylus wrote that griffins are the “unbarking hounds of Zeus.” People believed they guarded gold mines.

Graziella

Graziella is a variant of Grazia and it has Italian origins.

Grizel

Grizel is a variation of Griselda.

Greya

Greya has Old English origins and is a variation of Gray.

Gresham

”Grass home” or ”grazing homestead.”

Graziana

Graziana is a twist on the classic Grace. Italian actress Graziana Allegra played in the romance The Italian Recipe.

Gressa

Gressa has Norwegian origins and means grass.

Gradiva

Gradiva (”she who steps forward”) is a novella that Freud analyzed.

Grazia

Grazia Deledda received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was the first Italian woman to win it. It is Italian for grace.

Gry

”Dawn.”

Graça

Graça means grace in Portuguese. Nossa Senhora da Graça, Our Lady of Grace, is an invocation for which the Virgin Mary.

Greip

”Grip,” and one of nine mothers of Heimdall.

Gracemarie

As I mentioned several times, Grace is from the Latin gratia while Marie is a variant of Mary. In ancient Egypt Mery means beloved. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was conceived without original sin. Mary gave birth to Jesus and raised Him with St. Joseph.

Grenada

Grenada is Spanish and comes from Latin granatum “pomegranate.”

Gretha

Gretha is from the Latin margarīta that is meaning pearl.

Grecia

Grecia is from the Latin word Graecia which refers to the country Greece.

Gracey

Gracey also comes from the Latin ”Grace.”

Gracelin

Gracelin is a modern variation of Grace.

Greer

Greer is a variation of the Greek Grēgórios and is symbolizing ”alert.”

Gríma

From Old Norse gríma, ”mask.”

Greenlee

Greenlee has a meaning that I like, ”green clearing in the woods.”

Graylyn

Graylynn is composed of gray and the suffix -lyn.

Graciela

Graciela is the Spanish form of Gracia and comes from Latin gratia (”grace”). It’s in the same family as Grace and the Italian Graziella. Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide studied at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos.

Graia

”Old woman”, and one of three sisters with a single shared eye.

Grid

”Peace” or ”zeal.” She lent Thor iron gloves for his fight with a giant.

Gróa

In the old Norse tales, Gróa (“to flourish”) is a völva, a seeress who chants spells.

Grimhild

Grimhild is from Old Norse Grímhildr, grím (means ”mask”) and hildr (”battle”). In the Völsunga saga she is the queen and the mother of Gudrun.

Grushenka

Grushenka is a Russian nickname for Agrafena. Dostoevsky used it in The Brothers Karamazov.

Gruoch

This old Gaelic name has no settled meaning.

Grishma

Grishma is the Sanskrit word for summer, one of the 6 seasons in the Hindu calendar. It is pronounced as GRISH-ma.

Grozdana

Grozdana has origins in the South Slavic grozd (means ”a cluster of grapes”) and is the feminine variant of Grozdan. It was a common choice in Croatia in the middle of the 20th century. Serbian writer Grozdana Olujić’s novels were translated into more than 35 languages.

Grata

Grata has the Latin meaning of ”welcome” or ”pleasing” and is from the adjective ”gratus.” Saint Grata of Bergamo is the city’s patron.