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Meaning & Origins
Transferred use of a surname of uncertain origin. It came to prominence as the given name of the American writer Zane Grey (1872–1939), a descendant of the Ebenezer Zane who founded Zaneville in Ohio.
| 1,907th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Old English græg ‘gray’. In Scotland and Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled’, ‘gray’ (see Reavey). In North America this name has assimilated names with similar meaning from other European languages.
| 75th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Zaney, Zanee, Zanea, Zaneh, Zaneya, Zana, Zaneyah, Zan, Zain, Zanna
Grayson, Grey, Graybill, Grays, Graybeal, Grayer, Graydon, Grayless, Grayum, Graye
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