Meaning and background
The story behind Grayson
Grayson looks as though it could mean 'son of Gray', but the standard surname account is more specific. Behind the Name derives the English surname from Middle English greyve, a steward, so its traditional explanation is 'son of the steward'. It subsequently became a given name. This distinction is especially useful for a dog-name profile because a quick guess based on modern colour spelling would change the history substantially.
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About Grayson
Recorded as a dog’s name
Grayson appears in 9 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɡɹeɪsən/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ɡɹeɪsən/ · primary stress on syllable 1G R EY1 S AH0 N
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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