What does Graham mean?

Graham means "gravelly place, gray"

How do we pronounce Graham?

Graham \gra-ham, gr-ah-am\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Graham is pronounced as GRaeM or GREY-ahM 1.

1 Pronunciation for Graham: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"

What is the origin of Graham?

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. Graham has 13 variant transcriptions. Variation transcriptions meaning of Graeghamm, Graeham meaning, baby name Graehame, meaning of Graem, nicknames for Grahem, name Grahm, Gram meaning and origin, Gramm definition, name Grantham origin, Granum name popularity, and name Grayham meaning. The variant spellings Graeme name popularity (used in Scottish too) and Grahame pronounciation are other English forms. Graham is popular as a baby name for boys, and it can also be viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1900s. At the modest height of its usage in 2009, 0.063% of baby boys were given the name Graham. Its ranking then was #262. In 2010, its usage was 0.058% and its ranking #284, and it was the most regularly used within all boy names in its group.

A famous person named Graham is Author, Graham Greene, born Henry Graham Greene, 2 October 1904 - 3 April 1991, Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England.

List of baby names that sound like Graham:

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The baby name Graham fun facts:

The name Graham in reverse order is "Maharg".

The numerological value of the name Graham is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

How popular is Graham?

Graham is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.11%
20130.10%
20120.09%
20110.07%
20100.06%
20090.07%
20080.05%
20070.04%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames