Gray vs Merry

Gray

name
  • A male given name. 

  • A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine. 

  • A surname transferred from the nickname; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair. 

  • A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee. 

  • A rural locality in north-east Tasmania, Australia. 

  • An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky. 

  • A city, the county seat of Jones County, Georgia. 

  • A minor city in Audubon County, Iowa. 

  • A census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. 

Merry

name
  • A diminutive of the male given name Meredith. 

  • A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person. 

  • A female given name from English from the adjective, also a diminutive of Mercy. 

How often have the words Gray and Merry occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )