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Graham

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BiscoffSundae · 20/06/2022 16:35

Not considering using it but heard it today and realised I haven’t heard a child called graham in years! Anyone know a little graham, thoughts on it? Is it due a comeback?

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babyjellyfish · 22/06/2022 13:49

I actually really like it.

My grandad was a Graeme. In fact he thought he was a Graham until he needed to get a copy of his birth certificate to go to grammar school and discovered the registrar had actually called him Graeme, so then he adopted that spelling.

I know it's dated but I think it has a lovely sound.

The youngest Grahams I know are mid to late 30s.

User2145738790 · 21/06/2022 18:45

ChagSameachDoreen · 21/06/2022 18:42

It's a nonce's name.

What a stupid comment

ChagSameachDoreen · 21/06/2022 18:42

It's a nonce's name.

randomsabreuse · 21/06/2022 12:13

It's a fairly common surname... so setting them up for a lifetime of being called surname graham and having to correct them. Graeme would not have the same issue.

BobbinHood · 21/06/2022 12:11

The youngest one I know is 39. I think it’s got a couple of generations to go before it gets a comeback.

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BiscoffSundae · 21/06/2022 12:10

my mum wanted to call me Susan, I’m glad she didn’t, no offence to any Susans! I guess it’s not ready for a comeback, if ever 😬, it’s along the same lines as Kevin, Keith, etc

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JustRestingMyEyesForAMinute · 21/06/2022 12:09

I like it! I've only known nice ones. But I also know a teenaged Susan, a preschooler Grey, and babies called Vincent and Judy.

numberthirtytwowindsorgardens · 21/06/2022 12:05

Mossstitch · 20/06/2022 22:20

There were a couple in my class at school along with four Susans........ I'll leave you to guess my age😂 I'd say not due a comeback yet!

I wanted Susan for DD too 🙈 again, vetoed.

WeasilyPleased · 20/06/2022 22:22

No. Grey ham.

Mossstitch · 20/06/2022 22:20

There were a couple in my class at school along with four Susans........ I'll leave you to guess my age😂 I'd say not due a comeback yet!

Yorkshireteabags · 20/06/2022 22:19

Ive never liked it

resm · 20/06/2022 22:17

There’s a young Graeme in my family, he’d be about 9 or 10 now. He’s in Canada though so don’t know if it’s less dated there.

numberthirtytwowindsorgardens · 20/06/2022 21:20

I love it.

DH vetoed it.

Eileen101 · 20/06/2022 21:18

Luredbyapomegranate · 20/06/2022 21:06

Too early. Like Eileen on previous thread.
Give it 15 years

Unless you are Scottish, if you must

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I know a Graeme. Absolutely inspirational, scarily intelligent, a role model, awe inspiring, and quite hot to boot.

Even with that's, Graham/Graeme isn't due a come back

ComfyChairPose · 20/06/2022 21:17

I think it's awful. Smarmy and nerdy. I"ve known a couple of awful Grahams which doesn't help. What about Greg or Gray?

JaninaDuszejko · 20/06/2022 21:14

I like it but I'm Scottish. And obviously prefer Graeme. It's a good solid tradition name.

Mrswobblethewaitressiatired · 20/06/2022 21:10

Graham is an old man name but what about Graeme? Is that a Scottish way to spell it?

Luredbyapomegranate · 20/06/2022 21:07

worriedaboutmoney2022 · 20/06/2022 20:26

My friends Guinea Pig is called Graham!

Someone said recently that once names are comedy pet names they will be the next wave to be revived. I think it will be. Just Not Yet.

Luredbyapomegranate · 20/06/2022 21:06

Too early. Like Eileen on previous thread.
Give it 15 years

Unless you are Scottish, if you must

Blossomandbee · 20/06/2022 20:26

Sorry that's a lot of 'thinking' in my post Grin

worriedaboutmoney2022 · 20/06/2022 20:26

My friends Guinea Pig is called Graham!

Blossomandbee · 20/06/2022 20:25

It's funny I was only thinking of this name last night. I was thinking of a child from the 90s called it and thinking it was quite an old fashioned name for a child even then. I don't think it's due a comeback just yet, as others have said it's a very dated 'grey' sort of name.

TheWayoftheLeaf · 20/06/2022 20:21

It literally means 'gravelly homestead'/ grey home. Who wants to be named grey? 😂

celestebellman · 20/06/2022 20:18

It's the name of a certain generation and has not come back into fashion yet - in a similar vein to Colin and Brian...
It's a good, strong Scottish name though, and it doesn't sound that bad if you dissociate it from image of man in his sixties with a cardigan and slippers. I think it will come back at some point.

erikbloodaxe · 20/06/2022 20:14

I like it but then I'm over the hill.

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