Gre

loc · Latin script

Meaning: Obsolete form of gree

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Gre is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 3.2M(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 80K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 705K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

216 people

Sources
96 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 80K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Gré in NL Netherlands.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Obsolete form of gree.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gre counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gre is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands2161 in 80K211Gré17
US United States1041 in 3.2M73Gre96
FR France≈72 est.≈1 in 941K18—2
BR Brazil≈28 est.≈1 in 7.6M48——
ES Spain≈23 est.≈1 in 2.2M15—9
EE Estonia≈2 est.≈1 in 705Klisted——
UY Uruguay≈1 est.≈1 in 2.4M74——

216 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gre is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Gré, Grè, Ğre, G-Ré, Grę

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Grè, Gré

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Grę

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gre is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In bat-pro, take, seize, rake

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

  • In enm, A step, gree or rung; a part of a staircase or ladder.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • ISO 639-2/B language code for Greek.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Welsh, stud (of horses), flock, herd

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Breton, haras, troupeau de brebis

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Gre
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—74—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—48#107,840
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196127—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192120—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191117—
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—15#97,717
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193115—

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gre mean, and where does it come from?
Obsolete form of gree. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Gre have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 216 people named Gre, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gré.
Where is Gre most common?
Gre is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 80 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gre?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 216 people named Gre, about 1 in 80 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gre”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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