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How do you pronounce the name Graham?

  • poll: How do you pronounce Graham?
    Gram : (176 votes)
    87 %
    Grey-hahm/Grey-um (emphasis on the sound "grey") : (25 votes)
    12 %
    Other (share below) : (2 votes)
    1 %
  1. PinkElephant

    grapefruit / 4584 posts

    Gram unless I was in the Southeast. A family friend's dog is Graham (named after the town in NC) and she says Grey-am but that's just her accent!

  2. PurplePeony

    pomegranate / 3113 posts

    I think I pronounce it somewhere in between -- sort of like gram but with a soft double syllable. So, gra-am where the dash is just a very quick break in the "a" sound...if that makes sense.

  3. Sapphiresun

    nectarine / 2220 posts

    @PurplePeony: I was going to say exactly the same. I definitely don't say it Gram, but nothing as obvious as the pronunciation in the video. It's just like a subtle e sound before the am.

  4. mrskc

    bananas / 9357 posts

    I say gram too. Never heard of the other pronunciation.

  5. FannyMae

    persimmon / 1461 posts

    gray-um. never ever heard it pronounced as gram in australia.

  6. ChiCalGoBee

    nectarine / 2028 posts

    I have a friend who lives in Australia, and her dad's name was Graeme-it was the first time I'd heard it pronounced Gray-em instead of like the cracker. However, friends of ours in Chicago refer to their Graham as Gray-em...even though we all call him Gram (like the cracker). Very interesting!

  7. SugarplumsMom

    bananas / 9227 posts

    Gram I've never heard of Gray-um!

  8. Ree723

    grapefruit / 4819 posts

    I say gram, because I'm American and that's how we say it, but every time I have ever had to say the name in Australia or the UK, I have been made fun of beyond belief! DH and several of my English friends regularly tease me about it. I am working on saying Gray-um but it still sounds so awkward so I try to avoid saying it as much as possible!

  9. Annette

    cherry / 203 posts

    I pronounce it Gram, but have heard it prpronounced gray-ham when travelling abroad (Mexico, southeast Asia)

  10. LuLu Mom

    GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts

    Gram, I'm in the Midwest, only way I've heard it pronounced.

  11. lilyann

    nectarine / 2878 posts

    LO2's name is Graham and we pronounce it Gram.

  12. californiadreams

    pomegranate / 3411 posts

    Gray-ahm. But only since i dated someone with that name and his mom was British and he insisted Gram was wrong and would get upset if i pronounced his name wrong! Before that i used to say Gram.

  13. Mrs.Hawk71

    cherry / 172 posts

    Our sons name is Graham. We say it like "Gram"

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