Unisex name
Gray
451 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2021. Expression number: 6.
Origin
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Gray”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2021: 51 births. 451 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2016. It is still given: 151 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2021: 211 births. 5,842 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (12%) as well as boys (88%). It really came into use around 1915. It is still given: 941 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
7 + 9 + 1 + 7 = 24 → 6
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
1 = 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
5
freedom, change, movement
7 + 9 + 7 = 23 → 5
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 7 · reflection, inner life, seeking
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.