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Grey

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onetreehilll · 12/09/2018 20:01

Do you like the name Grey?

Would you say it's more suited to a girl or a boy?

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moleeye · 13/09/2018 16:17

Love it!

Spelt Grayson though. Currently top fave for #2 although don't know the sex yet Smile

Grreat · 13/09/2018 16:14

I really like Grey for a boy
I'd probably assume that it was short for Graham as I know a couple of Grahams who use Gray

SuperLoudPoppingAction · 13/09/2018 14:19

I can't imagine calling a middle aged adult Grey.
Graham with Grey as a nickname maybe

BevBrook · 13/09/2018 14:16

Oh, I see! I should have thought of lilac since I was thinking about violet.

Sunflower321 · 13/09/2018 14:08

Sorry Lila is lilac but in German Blush

BevBrook · 13/09/2018 13:59

What colour is Lila?
There is Violet as well of course.

LeeMiller · 13/09/2018 13:55

I would assume a boy. Short for Greyson or Graham it's ok.

Grey is a somewhat depressing colour associated with dullness and drabness so to my mind it's different to Scarlett or Indigo which are bright and vivid.

Sunflower321 · 13/09/2018 12:02

I know a Greyson nicknamed Grey.

Why can't colours be used as names? Lila, Scarlett, Indigo etc are all colours!

AuntieStella · 13/09/2018 10:25

Definitely a boys name.

Graeme nn Grey /Gray wouid work

WitsEnding · 13/09/2018 10:23

Only know one person with this name and they are transitioning. As a baby name, it's a little too non-gender-specific for my liking, but that's a personal choice of course.

SoupDragon · 13/09/2018 10:19

It’s awful. Dreary and dull.

BluthsFrozenBananas · 13/09/2018 10:18

I quite like Greyson, but Grey on its own isn’t great. It so often used as a descriptor for something dull and ordinary, you know, it was grey day, he was a grey and boring man.

Sungura · 13/09/2018 10:09

My cousin just had a Greyson. They may end up nn him Grey, I dunno. I like Greyson without being shortened, myself. And, yes, as others have noted it's also a nn for Graham. Grey strikes me more as a surname than a given name.

ConsiderHerWaysAndOthers · 13/09/2018 00:31

Makes me think Anatomy or 50 shades... I think it’s awful, but if I had to choose I would say it’s a boy’s name because I’d maybe assume it was short for Grayson, the artist Grayson Perry for instance goes by Claire when he’s being his female alter ego...

Mustbeoriginal38 · 13/09/2018 00:29

I like it. Always reminds me of this guy.

Grey
bridgetreilly · 13/09/2018 00:16

It's the least interesting colour there is. It's used to describe things which are dreary and depressing. Why on earth would you want to give your child that as a name?

Knittedfairies · 12/09/2018 23:38

I’ve seen Gray as a boy’s name.

EthelThePiratesDaughter · 12/09/2018 23:36

Scarlet is at least a nice colour.

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SequinsOnEverything · 12/09/2018 22:12

I like it, definitely for a boy not a girl. I'd probably go for Grayson with the nick name grey. I'd definitely not go for Graham.

LooksBetterWithAFilter · 12/09/2018 21:59

I like it definitely a boys name. I like Grayson too suggested it for ds2 but ex hated it.

DemocracyDiesInDarkness · 12/09/2018 21:56

What, like Scarlett @EthelThePiratesDaughter? Confused

Vitalogy · 12/09/2018 21:15

For some reason Grey irritates me Confused Is it short for Graham then. Is it Grey or Gray.

cloudtree · 12/09/2018 21:11

Gray is a common nickname for Graham. Graham is rather 1950s as a name

EthelThePiratesDaughter · 12/09/2018 21:09

It's not a name, it's a colour. You plum!

MikeUniformMike · 12/09/2018 20:28

I know a Gra short for Graham. 50+ not shades of.

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