Greyer

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Greyer by the numbers

Greyer was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Greyer

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Greyer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Grayer9 in the US (2017)
  • Greysenson of the steward; a modern variant of Grayson228 in the US (2017)
  • Grovergrove dweller, one from the grove27 in the US (2017)
  • Gregorwatchful, vigilant; a form of Gregory13 in the US (2017)
  • Grier24 in the US (2017)
  • Greycen22 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Greyer

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