The name Graham is usually given to a Boy.
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The origin of the name lies in English.
Graham is pronounced as GREY-ahm
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Graham is a locational name, implying that the bearer of the name came from Grantham in Lincolnshire. The place name Grantham itself is derived from the Old English grand, which means 'gravel', and ham, which means 'homestead'.
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Meaning
From The Gray Homestead
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Meaning
Graham was originally used as a surname. It has the meaning of 'gray house' or 'gravelly place'.
Meaning, origin and history of the name Graham - Behind the Name
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Meaning
From a
Scottish surname, originally derived from the
English place name
Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old
English. The surname was first taken to Scotland in the 12th century by the
Norman baron
William de
Graham [1]. A famous bearer of the surname was
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor who devised the telephone. A famous bearer of the given name was the British author
Graham Greene (1904-1991).During the 20th century,
Graham was more common in the United Kingdom,
Australia and
Canada than it was in the United States. However, it has been rising on the American charts since around 2006.
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɹeɪ.əm/(English) /ˈɡɹæm/(English)