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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Â© A Dictionary of First Names 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Greer ♀ Transferred use of the Scottish surname, which originated in the Middle Ages from a contracted form of Gregor. It has become known as a girl's name in the English-speaking world through the fame of the actress Greer Garson (1908–96), whose mother's maiden name it was.

Variant: Grier.

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