Graham is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Graham isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Graham ranks 177. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 12 were named Graham. In the entire USA, approximately 48,231 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Graham. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Graham is of Scottish origin and means ‘gravelly homestead’. It is a surname that was originally used to describe someone who lived on a piece of land that was characterized by its gravelly soil. As a given name, Graham became popular in the 20th century.
The Graham technique.. is a modern dance style created by American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894–1991). The Graham technique has been called the 'cornerstone' of American modern dance, and has been taught worldwide.
Everyone knows him, everyone loves him and still he’s different from the mainstream: Graham occurs in every single state of the U.S. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, only 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Graham is definitely something very special. However, at the same time, since the name does not appear in the top 100 most common first names in any single state, Graham is not one of those names that everyone encounters in his neighbourhood, but stands out from the crowd, captures attention and is something special without being strange or unknown. From Alaska to Florida, a total of 48,231 men and boys of all generations bear the name Graham – that is one in 3,461. However, there are considerable regional differences – the name is far more popular than average in North Carolina, where one in 400 men and boys is called Graham, while it is particularly rare in Hawaii, where you have to ask an average of 49,389 men for their name to get Graham as an answer once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter G is not really common as a first letter for boys' names: only 2.8% of all common boys' names in the US begin with G. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With six letters, the name Graham is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 2.8% of all boys' names beginning with a G, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with G that are quite popular, the most common at present is George.
If your name is Graham and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Graham, you can simply say:
Goat
Rocket
Apple
Hat
Apple
Mouse
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Graham
Graham
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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A
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A
M
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
G
R
A
H
A
M
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Graham sounds like this:
