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Grayson

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ValiumQueen · 23/09/2012 13:59

We may have found a name at last. DH has a similar first name, and it means 'son of the grey haired' which is apt as we are both ancient.

Any thoughts oh wise but brutally honest ones Grin

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PicklesThePottyMouthedParrot · 24/09/2012 16:04

I can't see anyone making a link to 50 shades of grey at all to be honest. Hopefully those books will have gone away by the time he would be in school!

BobbiFleckman · 24/09/2012 16:03

Gray / Grey is a lovely name. It's the name of the husband in The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham (for those of a more literary bent than 50 shades of shite)

FreddieMercuryforQueen · 24/09/2012 15:57

I love the name Grayson and it would be my next DS's name if there were to be one.

LizLemon007 · 24/09/2012 15:54

Grayson is popular?? I have never met one.

LizLemon007 · 24/09/2012 15:53

Might have quite liked Grey until the fifty shades. People will say, was he conceived after the first chapter then?

DessieLou · 24/09/2012 14:57

You're right, it sounds nice on a wee one and an adult. Do it!

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ValiumQueen · 24/09/2012 14:50

Thank you dessie I must admit when I imagine a Grayson he is tall, distinguished looking, very gentlemanly etc. I therefore think it would be cute on a little one.

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DessieLou · 24/09/2012 14:45

Ooh, I like it! Not sure why, I just do. It sounds very....distinguished.

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ValiumQueen · 24/09/2012 13:22

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hearts it is the 'popular' bit I was worrying about. I don't think it will be the next 'Jack' though from the majority of the replies.

Why is naming a boy so hard? Girls are easy in comparison.

Thank you all for your honest input.

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HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 24/09/2012 12:52

My DNephew is called Graydon which I think is very nice. Grayson is ok but getting extremely popular.

GoodPhariseeofDerby · 24/09/2012 12:50

Like it, it was on our list for DS2, though I prefer Gratian (grey-shen).

applepieinthesky · 24/09/2012 12:34

Hi VQ Smile I quite like it and the American surnames as first names thing is becoming more popular over here.

Babies I know who have been born recently include Keaton, Cole, Riley, Lincoln.

emmyloo2 · 24/09/2012 07:20

I quite like it actually - Grey for short.

Not really my style as I like old-fashioned names but this one is ok.

I also really like Grover. DH said no though.

DawnOfTheDee · 23/09/2012 20:41

Another Grayson Perry fan here. Go for it! Grin

gallicgirl · 23/09/2012 20:39

I'm mostly thinking of Larry Grayson but that might just be my age.

Personally I don't like surnames as first names, but that aside there's nothing particularly awful about it.

SomebodySaveMe · 23/09/2012 20:37

I love it. There's a Grayson in cougar town.

scarlettsmummy2 · 23/09/2012 20:32

I also know a Brown- old school teacher! Lovely man.

SomeoneThatYouUsedToKnow · 23/09/2012 20:24

I dont like it, sorry Sad. It's too surnamey for me.

LemonBreeland · 23/09/2012 20:20

I really like it. It was on my shortlist for dc3, who turned out to be dd.

cece · 23/09/2012 20:16

Makes me think of Larry Grayson. So not keen I'm afraid.

YankeeAlphaBravoUniform · 23/09/2012 20:06

I know of a baby - ok, a man now - called Brown.

Compared to that, Grayson is colourful and fun!

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ValiumQueen · 23/09/2012 19:59

Bit of a marmite response, that I quite like actually. Thank you for your honesty.

teapot that made me laugh! Not quite that old, but getting there!

We are not 100% decided, and may well wait to see what he looks like.

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scarlettsmummy2 · 23/09/2012 17:53

I like it. Different but not tacky.

NapaCab · 23/09/2012 17:53

It's popular here in the US and getting more popular. A friend's son is called Grayson and it suits him. I think it grows on you after a while so if you like it go ahead. With the way US trends tend to cross the ocean, it might be more common in a few years time in the UK too.

lljkk · 23/09/2012 17:53

I first heard of this as a Girl name, and I still don't like it. I suppose you could do worse.

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