Is Grace a religious name? Can it be secular?

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[name_u]Divine[/name_u] grace would be the religious connection to [name_f]Grace[/name_f]. Being a graceful person is totally unrelated.

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This.

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I think that [name_f]Grace[/name_f] does have some religious ties, but itā€™s also an adjective. You could take [name_f]Grace[/name_f] as to mean having poise instead of having a connection with God. I think that there is no reason why somebody would be offended for a non-religious person using the name [name_f]Grace[/name_f].

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But the name is [name_f]Grace[/name_f], not [name_u]Divine[/name_u] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] :grin:

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Haha :joy: trueā€¦ Im just saying that grace is a very important religious concept so to say its ā€œnot a very religious virtueā€ misses the point. [name_f]Grace[/name_f] is totally fine for a non religious person but it doesnā€™t remove the meaning for religious people.

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I donā€™t think of it as religious at all, itā€™s a strong virtue name imo.

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I agree! What I mean is, since there are multiple ways to interpret the meaning, it would be safe to guess non-religious didnā€™t use the religious meaning of it. Maybe they mean it as a graceful person. It does have a strong ties to religion but itā€™s not one like [name_m]Psalm[/name_m] or [name_u]Christian[/name_u], grace can be Godā€™s grace, a personā€™s grace, just graciousness in general, etc.