Given name & surname
Grisham
“from the grazing land”
Grisham is a variant of Gresham. One English interpretation is “from the grazing land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Grisham is a variant of Gresham. One English interpretation is “from the grazing land.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Grisham is a variant of Gresham. An origin associated with Gresham is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Grisham through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 43 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,308 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.
Grisham’s family of names
Grisham has a related form in Gresham.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.