Delagrace meaning | Last name Delagrace origin

An adaptation of the Grass. French gras. Fat, stout.

An adaptation of Craze. Halliwell has "Crayze, a wild fellow."

Delagrace is a derivation of the Grace. Anciently le Gros, big, fat.

Family name is derivation of Gras. One who came from Grasse or Gras, in France the large or fat person; dweller at the grass or green.

The family name is the modification of the Grace. The large or fat person.

Delagrace is derivation of Gras. The fat.

A derivation of the Crace. French gras, from Latin crussus, Old English crasse. Fat.

Derivation of Grace. Raymond Fitz-William de Carew, surnamed Crassus,', 'Le Gros,' and "Le Gras,' accompanied Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, in his celebrated expedition into Ireland in 1169, and he may be regarded "as the Achilles of the enterprise." He married Basilia de Clare, Strongbow's sister, with whom he acquired an enorinous estate in Killarney, subsequently known as the Cantred of Grace's country;” for “his cognomen Gros, given him on account of his prowess, gradually became first Gras, and then by English pronunciation Grace.” Many of the English families of this name deduce their descent from Ireland. See .

A form of Grazier. The occupation.