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Dog names by meaning / Grace

Dog names that mean grace or gracious

Names whose recorded root means grace — the enormous Hebrew ḥannâ family (Hannah, Annie) and, through 'God is gracious', Jack and its dozens of forms. The gloss is shown for each name.

58 names in our data, ranked by how many real licensed dogs carry each.

NameGenderTrend
1Jack

via John — “God is gracious

Boy
2Hank

via John — “God is gracious

Boy
3Annie

via Ann — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
4Nina

via Anna — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
5Jessie

via Jane — “God is gracious

Girl
6Hannah

ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
7Django

via Jean — “God is gracious

Boy
8Jenny

via Jane — “God is gracious

Girl
9Johnny

via John — “God is gracious

Boy
10Anna

ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
11Jane

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Girl
12John

Yəhōḥānān — “God is gracious

Boy
13Hanna

ḥanâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
14Joni

via Joan — “God is gracious

Girl
15Sheena

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Girl
16Zane

via John — “God is gracious

Boy
17Shane

Yōḥānān — “God is gracious

Boy
18Johnson

via John — “God is gracious

Boy
19Nancy

via Ann — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
20Ivan

via John — “God is gracious

Boy
21Ana

ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
22Jean

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Either
23Sean

Yōḥānān — “God is gracious

Boy
24Anne

ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
25Joan

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Girl
26Anita

via Ana — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
27Joanie

via Joan — “God is gracious

Girl
28Jeannie

via Jean — “God is gracious

Girl
29Jeanie

via Jean — “God is gracious

Girl
30Vanna

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Girl
31Joanna

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Girl
32Nettie

via Annette — “grace, gracious

Girl
33Shawn

via Sean — “God is gracious

Boy
34Jan

via Janice — “God is gracious

Girl
35Janie

via Jane — “God is gracious

Girl
36Jana

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Girl
37Shona

via Shauna — “God is gracious

Girl
38Ann

ḥannâ — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
39Janice

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

40Johnnie

via John — “God is gracious

Boy
41Janis

via Janice — “God is gracious

42Johny

via John — “God is gracious

Boy
43Johanna

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Girl
44Nan

via Ann — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
45Shauna

Yōḥānān — “God is gracious

Girl
46Janey

via Jane — “God is gracious

Girl
47Jeanette

via Jeanne — “God is gracious

48Jeanne

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

49Juana

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

50Nanny

via Ann — “grace, gracious, graced with child

Girl
51Siobhan

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Girl
52Annette

ḥannâ — “grace, gracious

Girl
53Sinead

Yôḥānāh — “God is gracious

Girl
54Janine

via Jane — “God is gracious

55Johan

via Joan — “God is gracious

56Johnna

via John — “God is gracious

57Nannie

via Ann — “grace, gracious, graced with child

58Shaun

Yōḥānān — “God is gracious

Boy

Membership here is computed, not curated: a name is listed when its documented root meaning fits the theme, and the literal gloss is shown so you can see exactly why. Meanings are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); every count is real license data. A “via” note means the name inherits its meaning through a base form (Maggie via Margaret), never that the name itself carries that root. Names whose etymology isn't documented don't appear.

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