Just Grey?

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What do you think about the name Grey on its own? Would you spell it Grey or Gray? I'm not keen on the full versions e.g Graham, does Grey works as a standalone name? I love it but I don't want to let my hormones make a silly decision!

Well, there are fifty shades of...

I don't think it is well liked on here.

However I love it. I also like Grayson.

Grayson? Gray for short?

I was hoping fifty shades of grey would be long forgotten by the time he gets to secondary school!

Wouldn't have thought so, the are several more films to come

I dunno OP. If I named my child Chatterley, I think most people would think "Lady Chatterley's Lover". Grey's an unusual name as a standalone first name.

I don't like it. It's dull and we'll. ..grey.

What about Green?

Also see: Lolita.

It's a surname name which is one negative.

And it's an adjective/colour, so that's another.

You could use Wolf as a middle name, for a native American vibe.

What about Green?

We laugh but bizarrely people do seem to think that Red and Blue are names these days.

Calling your child a name from a sex book is risking derision. Maybe not from people at secondary school, maybe from other parents. Test it out on a Few people and see what they say .

I love it.
Been on my boys list forever but perhaps I'd spell as Gray.

Don't be concerned with the narrow mindedness of an association with a book. You could do that with every single name out there.

It's got negative connotations - if you describe someone as "a bit grey" everyone knows what you mean and it's not a compliment. I wouldn't.

If you are really set in it, I'd personally give the child a longer version Graeme/Graham/Grayson so he'd have options.

And (unfortunately) I don't think the fifty shades association is going anywhere for a while.

I like it, but prefer it for a middle name. I would spell it Grey

I know a Gray, in his 40's, I'd never considered it being short for anything tbh, I assumed it was his real ane. I also had to check on fb to how he's spells it, lol

Actually, I'm usually traditional in my name choices but I really like it.

The younger kid in Jurassic World is called Grey/Gray. It's very American sounding as a name. It sounds a bit incomplete imo, when I hear it I think 'grey what?'.

I'd go with Gray rather than Grey if I had to. Probably Grayson on birth certificate

I know a small one, spelt with an e I think. It's his name, it's fine.

Surely nobody in 2016 would name a baby Graham?!

I don't like it sorry, its an insipid colour & an insipid name. Grayson sounds to me like the alter ego to a Marvel superhero. Its a middle name at best.

If you forced me to name a child after a colour I'd go with Indigo.

I like it but would probably register as Grayson

I think it's awful. Why give your child such a dreary name?

I prefer John Major.