Grayson or Greyson?

[shannonlim]

What are your preferences?

And what would be a nice middle name for [name_m]Grayson[/name_m]/[name_m]Greyson[/name_m]?

[SunKissedChild]

[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] is my favourite.

[lovemysweeties]

[name_f]My[/name_f] preference would be [name_u]Gray[/name_u]/[name_u]Grey[/name_u], between [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] and [name_m]Grayson[/name_m], I would choose [name_m]Grayson[/name_m]. I have [name_u]Everett[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u] in my top 5, I also have [name_u]Gray[/name_u] [name_u]Everett[/name_u] on my list. I chose the [name_u]Gray[/name_u] spelling because it is to honor my mom, [name_u]Gay[/name_u]. I have also been told that there were a few Grays/Greys in the family. I cannot recall which spelling.

[lexiem]

I prefer [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] to [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] but I think it’s because I spell the color gray not grey. (Yay, [name_u]America[/name_u]). I think if I lived somewhere else I might choose [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] over [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] as it would be easier for non-American english speakers to assume correctly. Though both are really equally dashing.

[southern.maple]

I prefer [name_m]Grayson[/name_m]. [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] doesn’t look right to me.

[washingtonqueen]

[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] is how I prefer it spelled. I’ve never understood why Americas insist on an “a” in grey.

[essjay]

@lexiem

I prefer [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] to [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] but I think it’s because I spell the color gray not grey. (Yay, [name_u]America[/name_u]). I think if I lived somewhere else I might choose [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] over [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] as it would be easier for non-American english speakers to assume correctly. Though both are really equally dashing.

See, I’n the opposite. I prefer [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] because as a [name_u]Brit[/name_u] I spell the colour grey not gray. Spelling it [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] makes it less of a colour and more of a name to me. Also, the rhyming [name_m]Jason[/name_m] and [name_u]Mason[/name_u] have the A rather than the E, so it feels more consistent with them as well.

[illabeth]

I’m pretty sure the spelling is to do with spelling it more phonetically. In the USA [name_u]Grey[/name_u] tends to be pronounced /gr”/ rather than /greɪ/. Anyway, I prefer [name_u]Grey[/name_u], as I’m not a huge fan on -son names as first names, but of the two [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] is my preferred. It really is how you grow up spelling grey I think, to me gray just looks off, but I’m guessing the opposite is true for those in the US.

[kirstenlouise]

I’d choose [name_m]Grayson[/name_m]. I spell the colour [name_u]Grey[/name_u] so [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] seems like more of a name for me.

[system]

@washingtonqueen

[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] is how I prefer it spelled. I’ve never understood why Americas insist on an “a” in grey.

[name_u]America[/name_u] adopted “gray” before [name_m]Britain[/name_m] adopted “grey”. Before each place accepted one over the other, both spellings were used rather commonly, with grey being more dominant in the UK.

@greyorgray.com

According to an interesting and authoritative note in the Oxford English Dictionary, the spelling “gray” was championed by Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer and other English lexicographers; but in the twentieth century “grey” became the established spelling in Britain anyway.

Meanwhile, in the United States, “gray” became standard somewhat earlier.

Wikipedia says that in the US, “gray” has been the accepted spelling since about 1825. It wasn’t until the second half of the twentieth century that “grey” became the only accepted spelling.

I would spell it [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] since “gray” makes more sense to me.

[shannonlim]

All right! [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] it shall be!

Does [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] [name_u]Blake[/name_u] sound nice?

[ashleyjuliette]

I like both, but prefer [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] because I have always been drawn to [name_u]Grey[/name_u] vs [name_u]Gray[/name_u] for some reason.

[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] [name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Grayson[/name_m] [name_u]Elliott[/name_u]
[name_m]Grayson[/name_m] [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Grayson[/name_m] [name_m]Maverick[/name_m]
[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]