Graeme

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Alternative spelling of Graham; recorded in Northern Ireland

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɡɹæm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Graeme is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 1.5K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 2.7K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)

≈25,000 people, est.

Sources
356 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

New Zealand, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alternative spelling of Graham; recorded in Northern Ireland.

Sources 1

  • Irish first names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Graeme counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Graeme is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom#330≈25,000 est.≈1 in 2.7K4Graeme296
AU Australia#270≈17,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K79Graeme255
ZA South Africa#946≈7,200 est.≈1 in 7.9K—Graeme112
CN China—≈6,700 est.≈1 in 208K—Graeme21
NZ New Zealand#120≈4,400 est.≈1 in 1.1K15Graeme169
US United States—3,5221 in 94K3.5KGraeme356
CA Canada—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 17K1Graeme215

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Graeme is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Graham, Грем, Грэм, Грехем, Grahame

  • Thai given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United Kingdom, New Zealand, United States

    Also written แกรม, Kraem, แกร๋ม, แกร์ม, แกร็ม

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Graeme is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, From the gravelly place or homestead common; Scottish surname

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • In English, A surname from Old English, a less common spelling of Graham.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, ‘person from Grantham’.

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Graeme Gibson, b. 1934Graeme Clifford, b. 1942Graeme Souness, b. 1953Graeme Revell, b. 1955Graeme Sharp, b. 1960Graeme Obree, b. 1965Michael Gove, b. 1967Graeme Le Saux, b. 1968Graeme Dott, b. 1977Graeme Smith, b. 1981

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Graeme,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 43 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Graeme
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20203.5K#5,020
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1992110—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1991110—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199395—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199693—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199589—
AU AustraliaAU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD)197279#96
AU AustraliaNSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present)197279#96
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199875—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199473—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199769—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)200067—

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Graeme?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɹæm/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Graeme mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative spelling of Graham; recorded in Northern Ireland. Recorded by Irish first names.
Is Graeme a male or female name?
Graeme is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Graeme have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Graeme in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled graeme.
How common is the name Graeme?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,522 people named Graeme in 2020, about 1 in 94 thousand residents.
How common is Graeme compared with other names?
In the United Kingdom, Graeme is the 330th most common given name of 404,737 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Graeme” — the 330th most common given name in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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