as a First Name
Transferred use of a Scottish surname, in origin a local name from Grantham in Lincolnshire. This is recorded in Domesday Book not only in its current form but also as Grandham, Granham, and Graham; it was apparently named as the ‘gravelly place’, from Old English grand ‘gravel’ + hām ‘homestead’. The surname was taken to Scotland in the 12th century by Sir William de Graham, founder of a famous clan. The earls of Montrose were among his descendants.
| 1,249th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 22,584
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 23,655
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Graham per capita
- 2009
- marked the height of its popularity
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