Given name & surname
Grantham
“from the large estate”
Grantham is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the large estate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the large estate.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Grantham through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 227
- 227 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,133 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,133 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 234 as a first name in 2020; 10,083 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.
Grantham’s family of names
In English usage, Grantham has a related form in Graham.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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