Gry

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

How Gry is read●(measured from records)

Gry is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Norwegian41%

  a female given name from the vocabulary word gry

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  to dawn, begin to get light (of a day)

  as a word·recorded as Norwegian Bokmål·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  to dawn (a day)

  as a word·recorded as Norwegian Nynorsk·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Danish20%

  dawn

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English13%

  To have a slight bout or fit of ague (chills or shaking due to cold or fever).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Gry is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Gry är ett ungt namn, kanske lånat från Norge där det är känt sedan 1897. Det anses där vara bildat till verbet gry ’dagas, börja’. I Sverige har det också associerats med det likalydande substantivet med betydelsen ’tåga, goda egenskaper’. En känd n amnbärare är radiojournalisten Gry Forssell (f. 1973).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Gry Jannicke Jarlumb. 1962NONorwegian musician, writer, politician and singer
• Gry Østvikb. 1963NONorwegian biathlete (born 1963)
• Gry Johansen-Meilstrupb. 1964DKDanish singer (born 1964)
• Dunja Gry Jensenb. 1965DKDanish screenwriter
• Gry Blekastad Almåsb. 1970NONorwegian journalist (born 1970)
• Gry Molvær Hivjub. 1970NONorwegian journalist and photographer
• Gry Forssellb. 1973SESwedish radio and television host (born 1973)
• Gry Bayb. 1974DKDanish actress
• Gry Bagøienb. 1975DKfemale singer from Denmark
• Gry Tofte Imsb. 1986NONorwegian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Gry?

A machine transcription gives /ɡrʏ/ (IPA) for Norwegian.

What does the name Gry mean, and where does it come from?

a female given name from the vocabulary word gry Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

In which country does Gry have the most bearers?

In Norway, the national register counted about 4.1 thousand people named Gry, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gry.

Where is Gry most common?

Gry is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.3 thousand people carrying it.

Is Gry a male or female name?

Gry is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

How common is the name Gry?

In Norway, the national register counted 4,069 people named Gry in 2025, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.