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Help...I love the name Grayson is it too much with our surname...

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Hvgrafton · 03/08/2016 22:14

Hi there. I love the name Grayson for our expectant son. But our surname is Grafton.

Initially I thought no...but it's grown on me. Would we get away with it or is it just too much?

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IMurderedStampyLongnose · 03/08/2016 22:16

Lol lol just don't do that!

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IMurderedStampyLongnose · 03/08/2016 22:17

Sorry,but no,possibly it's a bit much teamed with your surname. What about Perry?that goes well with it.

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Misnomer · 03/08/2016 22:17

What about Larry?

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PotatoBread · 03/08/2016 22:18

It's a bit of a mouthful but there's something about the combination that I quite like

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BettyDraper1 · 03/08/2016 22:18

Too much I think :)

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MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 03/08/2016 22:19

Ooooohhh... Shut that door!

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EskiVodkaCranberry · 03/08/2016 22:20

I like it. Clay is vaguely similar?

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hollyisalovelyname · 03/08/2016 22:21

No I don't like Grayson with Grafton. It's a tongue twister.
Guy Grafton ?

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foursillybeans · 03/08/2016 22:22

Errrrm yes. Way too much. Please don't do that to your child.

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toadgirl · 03/08/2016 22:23

Greig
Gregor
Greer
Gary

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megletthesecond · 03/08/2016 22:24

Too much.

My neighbours have a cat called Grayson.

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crje · 03/08/2016 22:26

Grey Grafton is nice

Greyson Grafton is a bit of a mouthful but not awful.

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HoratioNightboy · 04/08/2016 00:46

I like it! It's not quite alliteration,, which I love, but it's very pleasing nevertheless.

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RortyCrankle · 04/08/2016 16:36

Ha ha

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squoosh · 04/08/2016 16:39

It sounds like the start of a tongue twister

Grayson Grafton grabbed a gaggle of grizzly geese...'

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KoalaDownUnder · 04/08/2016 16:42

It's awful. Grayson and Grafton are 2 letters out of 7 away from being the same word. Confused

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LifeIsGoodish · 04/08/2016 16:43

It sounds...fake. A made-up celebrity name. It's not just the alliteration, but the paired syllables as well. Greer Grafton is marginally better.

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SanityClause · 04/08/2016 16:46

I think it's fine, but that's probably because I love Grayson Perry.

If I was having a boy, I'd call him that. Even if my surname was Grayson. (Well, it worked for Jerome K Jerome and Ford Maddox Ford!)

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badtime · 04/08/2016 16:55

What about Clayton?

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RockinHippy · 04/08/2016 16:59

I quite like it, but softening it with a middle name might make it more acceptable to the masses. Perhaps something more classic in the middle, such as Grayson James Grafton, or Grayson Henry Grafton

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MargotLovedTom · 04/08/2016 17:25

Horatio it is alliteration surely? Confused

I wouldn't go with Grayson Grafton. What about Lawrence/Laurence - Lawrie/Laurie Grafton has a nice ring to it?

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dogparkingbus4x4wanker · 04/08/2016 17:27

Grayson sounds like a dogs name.

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Vixxfacee · 04/08/2016 17:28

Gray grafton?

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rosegoldie · 04/08/2016 17:34

Another vote for Grey / Gray

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marblestatue · 04/08/2016 21:44

Too much IMO.

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