Grayson

A surname originating as an occupation or as a patronymic for a son of a steward.

Proper noun

  1. A surname originating as an occupation or as a patronymic for a son of a steward.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename in the United States:
    1. A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California.

    2. A city in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

    3. A home rule city, the county seat of Carter County, Kentucky.

    4. A village in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.

    5. A village in Clinton County, Missouri.

    6. An unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina.

    7. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio.

    8. A town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.

    9. Former name of Blanding, Utah.

    10. Ellipsis of Grayson County.

  4. A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A village within the municipality in Saskatchewan.

Origin

From Middle English greyve (“steward”) + -son.

Forms

Graysons Greyson

Related

Gray gray Greyson son

Derived

Grayson County Grayson Green Graysonian