Grey

Where Grey comes from

Grey hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,273 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Grey DeLisle born
    American voice actress and singer-songwriter
  3. 1987
    Grey Damon born
    American actor
  4. 2021
    Peak, #717
    362 babies named Grey — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Grey DeLisle · American voice actress and singer-songwriter, born 1973
  • Grey Damon · American actor, born 1987
  • Grey Zabel · American football player, born 2002
  • Grey Ruegamer · player of American football, born 1976
  • Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos · English politician and peer, 1580–1621

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.