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This page represents the following Surnames: Graham.
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Graham Name Meaning
‘Person from Grantham’, Lincolnshire, England (‘village built on gravel’ or possibly ‘Granta’s homestead’, from an Old English personal name probably meaning literally ‘snarler’).
Also associated with Grahame and Graeme.
Graham Name Meaning and History
Scottish and English: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Graham (as well as Grantham, Grandham, and Granham). See also Grantham.
Grantham Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, of uncertain origin. The final element is Old English ham ‘homestead’; the first may be Old English grand ‘gravel’ or perhaps a personal name Granta, which probably originated as a byname meaning ‘snarler’.
Family Motto: ‘Ne Oublie’ (Never Forget)
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Graham Family Tartan
Surname References from:
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Encyclopedia of Surnames, John Ayto, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, ISBN 978 0 7136 8144 4
(Unless otherwise stated)