Alternative names for nn Grey

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We are ttc but have been tossing names around for a while now

I love the name Greyson, Dh loves the name Grey which i am more than happy to use as a nick name but would prefer our child to have a longer name DH not a fan of Greyson, are there any other alternatives out there?

I also like:

Cole - My all time most favourite name, Dh hates this
Jonah - we both like this
Caleb - not sold on it
Ralph - i love dh is meh

any suggestions?

The only Greyson I know sometimes gets called Grace for short at school by other children. I don't think I'd like my boy being called Grace. But then I also have a Graham (who is a tiny entertaining lunatic, and gets called Grey most of the time) so maybe I'm too boring to know what I'm talking about.

My surname was Gray before I got married. It's very 'meh' to me (I was happy to lose it :)). Really dislike Greyson. To me it is ether American surname as first name trend (top 100 name btw) or just a surname - anyone remember .

Jonah or Ralph.
Sorry, just can't imagine calling a child a colour that is pretty much always used negatively, eg of weather or unhealthy-looking people, depressing outlook on life.

Dougray? Dougray scott

I seem to remember a character in Inspector Morse who was called Grayling, young female pathologist I think. A Grayling is a fish ....

going back to Graham, there is the variant spelling Graeme which might look a bit cooler written down at least

The muppet dog was Rowlf wasn't he? Jonah is nicest

Bit of a stretch but Lloyd?

Lloyd is derived from the Welsh llwyd which means Grey....

Have a friend who has a Grady, lovely unusual name