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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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Son of a steward, in the documented English surname-derived route.
The exact Greyson entry identifies it as a Grayson variant transferred from an occupational surname. Grayson’s entry explains Middle English greyve, steward, plus son, and the specialist guide supports the same route. This historical interpretation is not a description of a modern bearer’s parent or social status.
English surname family, used as a given name and recorded as a Grayson variant.
The exact personal-name entry documents surname-to-given-name transfer. The steward-related account explains one recorded surname route rather than assigning one ancestry or naming intention to every bearer.
GRAY-sun (one recorded US English guide)
One bearer’s recorded US English reading in the school’s official guide. This is an approximate written aid; other families or languages may use a different pronunciation.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 141 · preliminary | 239 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2024 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 5987 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 71 | 549 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2020 | Boys | 3 | 392 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Boys | 8 | 400 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Boys | 4 | 676 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 18 | 6325 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 2,439 | 149 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English entry explicitly documents male given-name use transferred from the surname. This records a usage rather than an exclusive gender or cultural classification. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Greyson and Grayson personal-name entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Greyson&oldid=83833872. License: Wiktionary-derived material CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented surname route or spelling relationship in original English, retaining its scope. No source entry prose, literary quotation, popularity table, image or audio reproduced.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact Greyson entry identifies it as a Grayson variant transferred from an occupational surname. Grayson’s entry explains Middle English greyve, steward, plus son, and the specialist guide supports the same route. This historical interpretation is not a description of a modern bearer’s parent or social status. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Greyson and Grayson personal-name entries. Name researcher Ivar Utne and Babyverden, Grayson entry. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Greyson&oldid=83833872; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Grayson&oldid=92692765; https://www.babyverden.no/navn/grayson/. License: Wiktionary-derived material CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Babyverden source rights retained. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented surname route or spelling relationship in original English, retaining its scope. No source entry prose, literary quotation, popularity table, image or audio reproduced.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0; Babyverden rights retained
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The exact Greyson entry identifies an occupational surname, the Grayson spelling relationship and subsequent given-name use. Its historical surname account is separate from any modern family’s occupation or ancestry. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Greyson and Grayson personal-name entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Greyson&oldid=83833872; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Grayson&oldid=92692765. License: Wiktionary-derived material CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented surname route or spelling relationship in original English, retaining its scope. No source entry prose, literary quotation, popularity table, image or audio reproduced.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact personal-name entry documents surname-to-given-name transfer. The steward-related account explains one recorded surname route rather than assigning one ancestry or naming intention to every bearer. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Greyson and Grayson personal-name entries. Name researcher Ivar Utne and Babyverden, Grayson entry. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Greyson&oldid=83833872; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Grayson&oldid=92692765; https://www.babyverden.no/navn/grayson/. License: Wiktionary-derived material CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Babyverden source rights retained. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented surname route or spelling relationship in original English, retaining its scope. No source entry prose, literary quotation, popularity table, image or audio reproduced.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0; Babyverden rights retained
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One bearer’s recorded US English reading in the school’s official guide. This is an approximate written aid; other families or languages may use a different pronunciation. Credit: NorthWood High School and Indiana High School Athletic Association, 2023-24 Football Preview, PDF page 50. Source: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-24%20Football%20Preview.pdf#page=50. License: original brief factual summary; source rights retained. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names retained only the short first-name reading aid, its bearer-specific scope and syllable count. No IPA invented; no roster, biographical passage, image or audio republished; no open license claimed.
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The written aid GRAY-sun represents 2 syllables. The count applies to this reading rather than all bearer or language preferences. Credit: NorthWood High School and Indiana High School Athletic Association, 2023-24 Football Preview, PDF page 50. Source: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-24%20Football%20Preview.pdf#page=50. License: original brief factual summary; source rights retained. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names retained only the short first-name reading aid, its bearer-specific scope and syllable count. No IPA invented; no roster, biographical passage, image or audio republished; no open license claimed.
Original factual summary; source rights retained
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The exact Grayson entry lists this spelling as an alternative form. The relationship is shown in reverse here; spellings retain separate popularity records and preferred pronunciation. This does not identify a bearer’s family ancestry. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Greyson and Grayson personal-name entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Grayson&oldid=92692765; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Greyson&oldid=83833872. License: Wiktionary-derived material CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented surname route or spelling relationship in original English, retaining its scope. No source entry prose, literary quotation, popularity table, image or audio reproduced.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
