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