Where Does the Grade Surname Come From?

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The meaning behind Grade

Grade belongs to the Grady family of names, which has Irish roots. Its meaning, shared with Grady, is “Descendant of Gráda”.

Grade writes “e” in place of the “y” found in Grady, a common scribal difference. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Gradie. The 2010 census count for Grade in the United States was 488, good for rank 44,109. That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames.

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