Grady as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Grady

What is the meaning of the name Grady ?

The baby name Grady is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GRAY-dee (IPA: /ˈɡreɪdi/).

Grady is Irish in Origin.

Grady is an Anglicized Irish given name and surname derived from Ó Gráda/Ó Grádaigh, meaning “descendant of Grádaigh.” The personal name Grádaigh comes from the Gaelic element gráda, “noble, illustrious, renowned,” giving Grady the sense of “the noble one” or “renowned.” Phonetically straightforward in English, it retains a distinctly Irish character without diacritics.

Adopted in the United States as a given name by the late 19th century, Grady has seen steady, modest popularity, especially in the American South, and fits the modern revival of brisk, vintage surnames-as-first-names. It is used predominantly for boys but appears occasionally as unisex. Variants and related forms include the surname O’Grady, the Gaelic Ó Gráda/Ó Grádaigh, and rare spellings Gradey and Gradie; Gray functions as a familiar short form. Notables such as journalist Henry W. Grady helped keep the name in public view.