50+ Names That Mean Grey (Boy, Girl, Gender-neutral)

Any parent with their finger on the pulse knows that the color grey represents sophistication and cool, and that naming your newborn with a name that means grey will help characterize her self-contained qualities of modesty, serenity, and practicality.

Although grey is a color related to the sign of Virgo, a name meaning grey will also work for a child born under any sign of the Zodiac.

We’ve compiled an exhaustive list from cultures around the world where such names have been given to children for centuries. As our list is anything but a ‘grey area’, you’re sure to come across one that will help your extraordinary little one stand out from the crowd.

Happy browsing!   

Female baby names

1. Abelle — [French] “meaning grey”
2. Ailsa — [Scottish] “meaning grey castle”
3. Ashe — [English] “meaning grey”
4. Ashlynn — [Irish] “meaning dream”
5. Ashten — [English] “meaning ash tree town”
6. Aspen — [English] “meaning from the ash tree”
7. Belen — [Irish] “meaning grey”
8. Cianna — [Irish] “meaning ancient”
9. Ciara — [Irish] “meaning dark-haired”
10. Dove — [English] “meaning grey”
11. Griselda — [English] “meaning grey battle”
12. Ronni — [Irish] “meaning little seal”
13. Sable — [English] “meaning black and grey”
14. Scarlet — [English] “meaning red and grey”
15. Slate — [English] “meaning grey”
16. Shade — [English] “meaning grey”
17. Shady — [English] “meaning grey”
18. Shelagh — [Irish] “meaning grey”
19. Sheyla — [English] “meaning grey”
20. Stormy — [English] “meaning tempestuous”

Male baby names

1. Aaren — [English] “mountain of strength”
2. Anjum — [Arabic] “star”
3. Ash — [English] “ash tree”
4. Ashken — [Hebrew] “meaning grey”
5. Ashwin — [Indian] “son of the Ash tree”
6. Athos — [Greek] “gray”
7. Bailen — [Irish] “meaning grey”
8. Blair — [Scottish] “dweller of the plain”
9. Ciar — [Irish] “dark”
10. Dax — [English] “place name”
11. Elliott — [English] “God is my light”
12. Garett — [English] “pledge”
13. Grayson — [English] “son of the grey-haired one”
14. Grey — [English] “grey-haired one”
15. Grigor — [Scottish] “gray”
16. Gris — [French] “grey”
17. Grissom — [German] “gray”
18. Griswold — [German] “gray forest”
19. Keir — [Scottish] “dark one”
20. Kyan — [Irish] “little dark one”

Unisex baby names

1. Armani — [Italian] “grey-haired”
2. Aska — [Japanese] “grey”
3. Charcoal — [English] “dark grey”
4. Clai — [Hawaiian] “grey”
5. Cole — [English] “coal-black”
6. Glenna — [Scottish] “valley of the gray”
7. Gulliver — [English] “grey-haired”
8. Lachlan — [Gaelic] “land of the lochs”
9. Mavis — [French] “grey-haired”
10. Nimbus — [Latin] “stormy clouds”
11. Nivek — [Norse] “cloudy sky”
12. Raven — [English] “black-haired”
13. Sabine — [Latin] “grey-haired”