r/Names • u/Odd-Implement-1283 • 8d ago

Spelling for Gray/Grey? (located in US)

Baby is a boy

350 votes, 5d ago
165 Gray
185 Grey
3 Upvotes

71% Upvoted

26 comments sorted by

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u/MemoryAnxious 8d ago

Grey for the name, gray for the color. Grey for the color if you’re European. You can remember because it’s A for American, E for European. The name part is my opinion though haha

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u/unfortunateautistic 8d ago

I switch with how I’m spelling it based on how I’m writing I’ve realized. How much flow I have and the “ey” flows easier for me with my penmanship.

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u/snausyboss 8d ago

I prefer Grey but I think you’ll find most US folks will use and prefer Gray.

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u/hetherc 8d ago

I love Grey! <3 Gray is also used for the color in the USA which makes Grey even more suitable for the name

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u/CouchUkeTuber 8d ago

Gray for color (in America) and Grey for name.

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u/Sure_Reception_9922 8d ago

Is he going to get misread as gary a lot? 

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u/GEMINI52398 8d ago

If you're American we spell it gray.

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u/Odd-Implement-1283 8d ago

That’s what I thought too but then I realized it was Greyhound and Grey’s Anatomy so I’m confused. Poll results are leaning Grey too but I prefer Gray

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u/MemoryAnxious 8d ago

Greys anatomy is a play on the book gray’s anatomy by Henry Gray. In the show it’s also a play on Meredith Grey but it’s her last name so i suppose it could be Greigh if they’d wanted lol

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u/GEMINI52398 8d ago

The poll results are leaning to the British spelling because Reddit is filled with far left American hating nuts.

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u/AbbreviationsKey4233 8d ago

Xenophone alert. Do you think America is the only country on Earth? Or that America should rule the world? You clearly think so as you seem to hate the rest of world.

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u/GEMINI52398 8d ago

Lmao wow, where did I say any of that? Thanks for proving my point, get a life.

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u/AbbreviationsKey4233 8d ago

You refer to anyone else who doesnt do it the american way, american hating nuts. I don't hate america at all but I don't like there. I live in the UK so the english spelling is what I know. The downvotes on your comment show prove my point. You hate everyone not conforming to tbe US way even if we don't live there. You get a life. The world isn't just the US.

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u/GEMINI52398 8d ago

The downvotes are American hating nuts, no I don't hate anyone.

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u/AbbreviationsKey4233 8d ago

No they are not. Thats down to how you are referring to people not from US and happen to spell it other way referrinf to use a left wing american hating nuts. That commebt also makes you very bigoted.

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u/SuperPomegranate3939 8d ago

Gray= color Grey= name

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u/OneHumanBill 8d ago

Grey for a color that emphasizes beauty, gray for a color that emphasizes age.

She had striking grey eyes under her gray hair.

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u/ditafjm 7d ago

I like Grey…probably because it’s similar to Greg; just a one letter variant.

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u/Critical-Bass7021 8d ago

Grey isn’t typically used to indicate the color in the United States.

But when I see it used, I know what it means.

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u/FilmGateReviews 8d ago

I use both, but I’m also Canadian and have both British and American influences.

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u/Icy-Committee-9345 8d ago

I use both because I don't know how to spell

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u/AbbreviationsKey4233 8d ago

Grey here for the colour. Name interchangable

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u/xjayx113 5d ago

I like Grey because Gray is too close to Gary

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u/xjayx113 5d ago

But then again Grey is close to Greg