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Grey

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dancingunicorns123 · 14/04/2018 09:18

I love Grey for a boy but not keen on Greyson, are there any other names Grey could be a shortening for?

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Pemba · 18/04/2018 16:20

Grey - something dull and boring, old age. Why would you choose this for your baby's name?

GaryBarlowsTaxReturn · 18/04/2018 10:20

I know a Graham who goes by Gray. I actually really like it, but only as a shortened version of something else! And definitely not spelled like the colour.

FizzyGreenWater · 18/04/2018 09:56

Grey is a really depressing name for a child! Don't do it, poor thing.

FloralMist · 17/04/2018 23:19

Teal is much better

BackforGood · 17/04/2018 23:16

Awful.
It is the name of a dull colour.

Graham's are sometimes shortened verbally to the same sound.

glitterbiscuits · 17/04/2018 22:51

Greystoke?

Also could use Tarzan as a nick name.

CelticSelkie · 17/04/2018 22:41

Dougray is great! Love that.

Graham / Graeme so ugly.

Kittykatmacbill · 17/04/2018 21:36

Graeme or Graham are both lovely utterly sensible names. Gray / grey are both not.

Topseyt · 17/04/2018 02:31

It is a boring and nondescript colour. All fifty shades of it.

Sorry, but to me it just isn't even a name, even though it can be short for Graham.

Wasn't John Major known as the grey Prime Minister?

MikeUniformMike · 16/04/2018 21:16

Graham. I don't like Grayson - makes me think of Larry Greyson and it's a bit like Grace (cf Alison, Madison)

Winterfield · 15/04/2018 23:21

Dougray

NordicNobody · 15/04/2018 23:12

If you go with a colour name be careful of what middle/ last name he has. I knew a boy once called Matt Brown. Everyone always teased him and said "it's Matt Brown, the most boring colour paint you can buy". I can imagine a similar scenario occuring with a name like Grey.

TheLegendOfBeans · 15/04/2018 07:01

Graham really is your only option.

But don't do Grey on its own. It might sound cool & distinguished in some ways but in others dull.

FrancisCrawford · 15/04/2018 06:49

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wurlie · 14/04/2018 19:46

Why would you call a child Grey

It's not a name and out of all the non names it's a pretty bad one

octonaught · 14/04/2018 19:41

Liv Tyler stepson is called Grey Gardner.
I like the name; I think it sounds sophisticated, a bit like Greer for a girl (one of Booke Shields daughters)

BoudicasBoudoir · 14/04/2018 19:36

You could name him after this bloke: Greysteil.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Ruthven,_2nd_Earl_of_Gowrie

CelticSelkie · 14/04/2018 11:24

ha ha! agree with pp

Gray is a bit trendy now. But in forty years time, the name Greg will still be used often enough to be a normal name to fall back on.

I actually like Gray but not having seen the fifty shades of gray films, I don't know HOW risky a choice is it.

LoveInTokyo · 14/04/2018 11:19

Gregory is definitely a good call because then the poor child can call himself Greg

missyB1 · 14/04/2018 10:54

Yep Larry Grayson Grin

CelticSelkie · 14/04/2018 10:51

ps, if you go with Grey as a name please use Gray with the a spelling as I don't see that as the bland colour of Grey but as a name. Calling somebody grey is a bit of an insult. ''He's a bit ............grey''.

CelticSelkie · 14/04/2018 10:50

I like it as a nn for Gregory but not Graham Graham is awful. I had a horrible horrible boss called graham and th name gives me the heebeez
Actually at first glance I thought the thread title was Greg. I prefer that to Grey.

BringMeCoffeePlease · 14/04/2018 10:48

Grayson works with Gray as a shortening. Or Graham, but you may feel that’s outdated. Grey with an e isn’t nice.

ReversingSnail · 14/04/2018 10:44

Gregory?

FusRoDah · 14/04/2018 10:15

I would say go for Graham/Graeme (don't like Grayson at all). I'd spell it Gray though.

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