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in reply to a message by Tuesday
Graciela is nice. :)
I don't think it's a bad thing to change a name when honouring. A guy names his son Rob or Robin in honour of his best friend Robert, for example. Totally fine, imo. My middle name, Marjorie, as another example, is honouring women on both sides of my family, but using the spelling my parents happened to like best. My sister is named Esther in honour of my grandmother (Stella). And if I ever have two daughters, the second one will be named Arwen in honour of my mother (Patricia).
And I'm guessing your boyfriend's grandmother liked Grace or she wouldn't have used it for most of her life. So using Grace in honour of her honours her personality as well as honouring her given name. That's how I'd see it anyway.
I don't think it's a bad thing to change a name when honouring. A guy names his son Rob or Robin in honour of his best friend Robert, for example. Totally fine, imo. My middle name, Marjorie, as another example, is honouring women on both sides of my family, but using the spelling my parents happened to like best. My sister is named Esther in honour of my grandmother (Stella). And if I ever have two daughters, the second one will be named Arwen in honour of my mother (Patricia).
And I'm guessing your boyfriend's grandmother liked Grace or she wouldn't have used it for most of her life. So using Grace in honour of her honours her personality as well as honouring her given name. That's how I'd see it anyway.
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