Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage English Other Forms FormsGrisson Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 8/7/2016 by Nomnomnomey Edited 5/5/2019 by SeaHorse15 Meaning & History From a diminutive of Grice, which was originally a nickname for a grey-haired man, derived from Middle English grice, gris meaning "grey" (itself from Old French gris, apparently of Germanic origin).