Grayson Family History
Grayson Name Meaning
English (northern): variant of Graveson ‘son of the steward farm bailiff or village headman’. From the North Midlands through Yorkshire to the north-west the source is Middle English grayve grayve greve a borrowing of Old Norse greifi ‘earl count’ (see Grave ). In Durham and Northumberland the source is Middle English greve from Old (Northumbrian) English grǣfa with the same meaning (see Grieve ). English: possibly a habitational name from Greysouthen (Cumbria) recorded as Graysone in 1505.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022