Given name & surname
Gregson
“the son of Greg”
Gregson is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the son of Greg.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the son of Greg.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Gregson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Greg.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gregson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 104 as a first name in 2020; 2,007 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gregson’s family of names
In English usage, Gregson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Greg. Gregson has a related form in Gregsan. Gregson has a related form in Gregsen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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