Grady

Irish

"noble, illustrious"

Grady Origin and Meaning

The name Grady is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "noble, illustrious".

Following in the footsteps of popular brother Brady, Grady is another lively, ebullient Irish surname name. The O'Gradys (originally O Gradaugh) were an ancient clan that produced an impressive number of bishops.

Perhaps the most remarkable O'Grady descendant is Muhammad Ali, whose mother's maiden name was Grady.

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Grady Sizemore was born Gradius.

Grady Rank in US Top 1000

# 395 in the US

Grady Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 539 on Nameberry

Grady Popularity

• 395 US 2023
• 539 Nameberry 2024
• 334 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Grady

• Grady Tate American jazz musician
• Grady Sizemore American baseball player
• Grady Booch American computer engineer who invented UML
• Grady Thomas American musician of band Parliament,Funkadelic
• (Thomas) Grady Martin American country music guitarist
• (William) Grady Little American baseball manager
• Grady Jarrett American NFL football player
• (Grady) Demond Wilson American actor
• Grady Cole Young (b. 1996) son of singer Paul Young
• Grady Palmer Wright (b. 2020) son of American soccer player Arin Gilliland Wright

Grady in Pop Culture

• Grady Mitchell character on TV's "Sonny with a Chance"
• Grady Kilgore character in Fannie Flagg's "Fried Green Tomatoes"
• Delbert Grady character in Stephen King's "The Shining"
• Grady Ambrose Fletcher character on TV's "Murder She Wrote"
• Grady Ruewen character in "Keeper of the Lost Cities" by Shannon Messenger
• Grady Tripp main character in book/film "Wonder Boys"