Given name & surname
Graeme
“from the gravelled area; from the gray home”
Graeme is a variant of Graham. One English interpretation is “from the gravelled area; from the gray home.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Graeme is a variant of Graham. One English interpretation is “from the gravelled area; from the gray home.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Graeme is a variant of Graham. Graham has been associated with Scottish and Old English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Graeme through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,876
- 2,876 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 201 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #3,980 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −59%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,980 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 59.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 201 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,522 as a first name in 2020; 100 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Graeme
- Michael GoveBritish politician (born 1967)
- Graeme SounessScottish association football player and managerborn 1953
- Graeme DottScottish snooker playerborn 1977
- Graeme Le SauxEnglish footballer (born 1968)
- Graeme SharpScottish footballer and managerborn 1960
- Graeme BrownAustralian cyclistborn 1979
- Graeme ObreeScottish cyclistborn 1965
- Graeme RutjesDutch footballerborn 1960
- Graeme RevellNew Zealand musician, composer (b. 1955)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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