Greyston

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning grey stone settlement; a respelling of Greystone or Greyton.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Greyston by the numbers

Greyston was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Greysonson of the grey-haired man; a form of Grayson4,859 in the US (2017)
  • Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
  • Greysenson of the steward; a modern variant of Grayson228 in the US (2017)
  • Greysin16 in the US (2017)
  • Grayton12 in the US (2017)
  • Greydon12 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a stone or rock

Like Greyston, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
  • Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
  • Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Greyston

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