Grier

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 24 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Grier by the numbers

Grier was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Grier

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 Grier. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Grovergrove dweller, one from the grove27 in the US (2017)
  • Garnergrain storage; granary worker23 in the US (2017)
  • Griselgrey battle; variant of Griselde or Griselda8 in the US (2017)
  • Gariel6 in the US (2017)

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