Meaning, Origin And History Of The Name Graham

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Save Gender Masculine Usage Scottish, English Pronounced Pron. /ˈɡɹeɪ.əm/(English) /ˈɡɹæm/(English) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

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.

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Details Last ranked #100 in 1979 Australia (NSW) Last ranked #100 in 1990 Canada Last ranked #954 in 2005 England and Wales Last ranked #86 in 1997 Ireland Last ranked #74 in 1972 New Zealand Last ranked #91 in 1995 Scotland Last ranked #129 in 2024 United States

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