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 [ 2 syll. gra-ham, gr-ah-am ] The boy name Graham is pronounced as GREYahM or GRAEM KEY. Graham is largely used in the English and Scottish languages, and its origin is Old English. The name is of the meaning gravelly place, gray house. Derived from the elements 'grand' meaning gravel, gray ; 'ham' meaning home, house. The name is from a Scottish family name that is from an English place name in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Various other forms of the place name were found as Grandham and Granham. The surname was borne by the knight Sir William de Graham, who accompanied King David I on his north-bound journey in 1128 to claim the Scottish crown. He took the surname to Scotland and thus he was the founder of the clan Graham. Graeham (English), Gram (English), and Gramm (English) are variants of Graham. Other forms of Graham include the variant spellings Graeme (English) and Grahame (English). Graham is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1900s. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.047% of baby boys were given the name Graham. Its ranking then was #323. Within all boy names in its group, Graham was the most regularly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Graham include Grahame (English), Gram (English), Gramm (English), Garan (English), Garen (English), Garin (English), Garon (English), Garron (English), Gerome (English), Gerwin (German), Goran (Scandinavian and Slavic), Gorman, Göran (Scandinavian), Guirmo (Spanish), Garion (English), Garrion (English), Gigermo (Spanish), Gijermo (Spanish), Graeham (English), and Graeme (English). A famous person named Graham is Author, Graham Greene, born Henry Graham Greene, 2 October 1904 - 3 April 1991, Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England. KEY: Pronunciation for Graham: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"   |
