Grey, Gray and Greyson, Grayson for a boy

[caitlinrose]

Just wondering what you thought of these. We don't know the sex yet and there's still a long time to go but I'm constantly intrigued by names I encounter.

I'm not considering these as of yet, they are a bit trendy for my taste. My husband loves Greyson, though.

I personally don't think I could agree to Greyson (I'm mostly into old fashioned names and some nature names) but I guess I could get into Grey as a middle name only.

What do you think of Grey, Gray and Greyson, Grayson and which spellings would you pick?

Is it too depressing? I find the colour quite beautiful but I guess it depends.

I don't know how widespread this is, but I personally know three teenage girls who have changed their name to Grey/Gray as part of a "non-binary" identity.

I like Greyson best. Reminds me of 50 shades as too.

Awful.

There's one at my daughters preschool and I wince every time I hear it. It's an awful name why would you do it to the poor child

Isn’t Greyson the Aldi gin that pretend’s it’s Gordon’s? I love gin so seems nice enough to me!

Oh God isn’t there enough grey in the world? Grey furniture and walls in everyone’s homes to match the depressing grey skies and now I suppose we’re gonna have an influx of grey babies! What about something a bit more uplifting like Mauve or Burgundy perhaps?

Gray or Grayson

I'm not keen, sorry. You can't please everyone though, whatever you choose, if you like those names, just pick one.

My DS has a friend with a name that I thought was awful at first but now I'm used to it and it just makes me think of the lovely little boy he is, I've really come round to it. People won't be rude about it once your baby is here.

I like Garvin

I don't understand the popularity of Grayson as aa name. It's a drab colour, boring and unimaginative.

Graham/Graeme - great names

Gray/Gregson etc - doesn’t have any positive associations - dull, drab, uninspiring, unhealthy, boring, utilitarian.

Nice sound to them but just so trendy. Very 'fast fashion' and I see them dropping out of the charts as quickly as they appeared and then being very, very dated. It's like Kaylum circa 2005. Or Kylie circa 1985.

I used to like Graydon. Not the sort of name DH would countenance though so could never have used it for my DS.