Gracyn is a modern American spelling of Gracen, which gives Grace the surname-style ending of Grayson and Payton; Grace comes from the Latin gratia and means "grace" or "favor", one of the Puritan virtue names. The y spelling follows the fashion of Madisyn and Emersyn. Gracyn stood at number 1846 in 2000, climbed to number 1070 in 2010 and has since slipped to number 2519 among girls' names in 2025.