Gray

See also: gray

English

Alternative forms

• Grey

Etymology

• As an English, Irish, Scottish, and Norman surname, from the placename Graye-sur-Mer in Calvados, from Late Latin Graecus (“Greek”).
• Also as an English surname, from the adjective gray. Compare the Irish calque McGreevy.
• As a French surname, from Gray, Haute-Saône in France, from the personal name Gradus, a Gallo-Roman/Celtic pronunciation of Gratus, from the name Gratius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: gray, grey

Proper noun

Gray

1. A surname transferred from the nickname; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair.
2. A male given name.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of Jones County, Georgia.
   2. A minor city in Audubon County, Iowa.
   3. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky.
   4. A census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
   5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
   6. A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee.
4. A rural locality in north-east Tasmania, Australia.

Derived terms

• Beckett-Gray code
• Dorian Gray effect
• Gray code
• Gray County

 

Anagrams

• Gary, Yarg, gyra, yarg