Grayson

English
"the son of the bailiff"

Grayson Origin and Meaning

The name Grayson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "the son of the bailiff".

Grayson, which you might think of as a Jason-Mason substitute, has been rising through the US Top 1000 since 1984 and has ranked in the Top 100 since 2011.

That makes Grayson a modern classic boys' name, with both a sober buttoned-up feel as well as an unconventional masculine vibe. Grayson might plausibly be a banker or an artist, and its resemblance to its female counterpart Grace gives it a feminist gloss.

Grayson's biggest problem, if you consider it one, is its persistent, widespread popularity. The Greyson spelling also ranks highly in the US and throughout the English-speaking world, and a wide range of alternative spellings including Gracen, Gracyn, and Greysun have sprung up for baby girls and boys.

Last year, about 11,000 baby boys in the US were named Grayson and Greyson alone, as many s were named William or Henry, making it a solidly Top 10 name.

# 44 in the US

Grayson Rank in US Top 1000

# 217 on Nameberry

Grayson Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Grayson Popularity

Famous People Named Grayson

  • Grayson Russell
    American actor
  • Grayson Bailey Dolan
    Viner and Youtuber; twin brother Ethan
  • Grayson Boucher
    American streetball player and actor
  • Grayson Perry
    English ceramic artist
  • Grayson Hugh
    American singer,songwriter
  • Grayson Hart
    American rugby union player
  • Grayson Allen
    American college basketball player
  • Grayson Mokarow (b. 2000)
    son of former Miss USA Courtney Gibbs and Kevin Mokarow
  • Grayson Gallanders (b. 2010)
    son of actors Stacie Mistysyn and James Gallanders
  • Grayson George Osmond (b. 2013)
    son of Jason Osmond; grandson of musician Jay Osmond of The Osmonds
  • Grayson Lee Bazyl Guess (b. 2015)
    son of model Marisa Miller and Griffin Guess
  • Grayson Vincent Gnoffo (b. 2016)
    son of actor Joe Gnoffo and reality TV star Terra Jole Gnoffo
  • Grayson Robert Guiney (b. 2018)
    son of American TV host Bob Guiney

Grayson in Pop Culture

  • Grayson Thane
    character in Nora Robert's "Born in Ice," and "Born in Shame;" mystery novel writer with a troubled past, but with a good soul
  • Grayson Kennedy
    a character in Kelly Oram's "The Avery Shaw Experiment"
  • Grayson Ellis
    character on the TV show 'Cougar Town.'
  • Grayson "Gray" Pierce
    character in James Rollins's "Sigma Force" series
  • Grayson Gilbert
    character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
  • Grayson
    surname of corrupt socialite family on TV's "Revenge"
  • "Will Grayson
    Will Grayson,' novel by John Green and David Levithan about two young men with the same first and last name
  • Dick Grayson aka Robin
    Batman's sidekick
  • Grayson Waverly
    character in Page Morgan's "The Dispossessed" trilogy