Grady

Where Grady comes from

From the Irish surname, from Ó Grádaigh (see O'Grady) or Mag Bhrádaigh (see McGrady).
— Wiktionary's entry for Grady
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #752 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1911
    Peak, #179
    173 babies named Grady — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1955
    Grady Booch born
    American software engineer
  4. 1998
    Grady Diangana born
    English association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Grady Booch · American software engineer, born 1955
  • Grady Diangana · English association football player, born 1998
  • Grady Tate · American jazz musician, 1932–2017
  • Grady Sizemore · American professional baseball outfielder, born 1982
  • Grady Sutton · actor, 1906–1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.