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Greyson - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Greyson

[ syll. grey-son, gr-eys-on ] The boy name Greyson is pronounced as GR-EYSahN KEY. Greyson is primarily used in the English language and it is also of English origin. Greyson is a variant spelling of the English name Grayson.

Greyson is fairly popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.037% of baby boys were given the name Greyson. Its ranking then was #381. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Greyson, the English Grayson was the most popular. The name was thrice as popular as Greyson in that year.

Baby names that sound like Greyson include the English Grayson, the Hebrew Gershon, the English and German Gratian, the English Gresham, the Indian Garjana, the English Garrison, the German Grazian, and the Portuguese and Spanish Graciano.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Greyson: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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