Graham () is a given name in the English language. It is derived from the surname.
Origins
The surname Graham is an Anglo-French form of the name of the town of Grantham, in Lincolnshire, England. The settlement is recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book variously as Grantham, Grandham, Granham and Graham. This place name is thought to be derived from the Old English elements grand, possibly meaning "gravel", and ham, meaning "hamlet" the English word given to small settlements of smaller size than villages.
Variants and use
In the 12th century the surname was taken from England to Scotland by Sir William de Graham, who founded Clan Graham. Variant spellings of the forename are Grahame and Graeme. The forename Graham is considered to be an English and Scottish given name. Its origin as a surname has led to its occasional use as a female given name, as for example in the case of Graham Cockburn, a daughter of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn.
Notable people
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Graham Abbey (born 1971), Canadian actor
Graham Abel (born 1960), English footballer
Graham Ackerman (born 1983), American gymnast
Graham Adams (1933–2020), English football player and coach
Graham Addley (born 1963), Canadian politician
Graham Agassiz (born 1990), Canadian mountain biker
Graham Alexander (born 1971), English football manager and player
Graham Alexander (born 1989), American singer-songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur Graham Allan (1936–2007), English mathematician Graham Allen (disambiguation), multiple people Graham Allison (born 1940), American political scientist Graham Allner (born 1949), English football player and manager Graham Anderson (1929–2012), British-born Canadian heraldic scholar and officer of arms Graham Annable (born 1970), Canadian cartoonist and animator Graham Annesley (born 1957), Australian politician Graham Anthony (born 1975), English footballer Graham Anthony Devine (born 1971), English classical guitarist Graham Appo (born 1974), Indigenous Australian rugby league footballer Graham Arader, American art dealer Graham Archell (born 1950), English footballer Graham Armitage (1936–1999), English actor Graham Armstrong (1918–1960), American football player Graham Arnold (born 1963), Australian soccer manager Graham Arnold (artist) (1932–2019), English artist Graham Arthur (1936–2021), Australian rules footballer Graham Arthur Barden (1896–1967), American politician Graham Ashcraft (born 1998), American baseball player Graham Ashton (born 1962), Australian police officer Graham Ashton (trumpeter), British-born naturalized American trumpeter and composer Graham Astley (born 1957), Australian cricketer Graham Atkinson (1943–2017), English footballer Graham Atkinson (cricketer) (1938–2015), English cricketer Graham Avery (1929–2015), New Zealand racing cyclist Graham Ayliffe (1926–2017), British medical microbiologist