as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a nickname for someone with grey hair or a grey beard (from Old English græg). In Scotland and Ireland it has also been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, grey’, such as Mac Riabhaich.
| 5,508th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,540
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Grey per capita
- 2009
- marked the height of its popularity
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100%
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3%
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30-54
11%
13-29
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86%
0-12
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