Grantham

Grantham is also recorded in 5 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 Grantham, Lincolnshire; first attested Thomas de Grantham 1220 Cur(Herts)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, English; from the gravelly place or homestead common

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

• In English, habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, of uncertain origin. The final element is Old English ham ‘homestead’; the first may be Old English grand ‘gravel’ or perhaps a personal name Granta, which probably originated as a byname meaning ‘snarler’. See also Graham.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, Lines., of uncertain etymology. The final element is OE ham homestead; the first may be OE *grand gravel or per¬ haps a personal name *Granta, which probably originated as a byname meaning ‘Snarler’. See also Graham.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In English, A market town in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9136).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

• Thomas Granthamb. 1634GBEnglish General Baptist minister and theologian
• William Granthamb. 1835GBBritish judge and politician (1835–1911)
• Alexander Granthamb. 1899GBBritish colonial administrator (1899-1978)
• George Granthamb. 1900USAmerican baseball player
• Jeremy Granthamb. 1938GBBritish businessman
• Leslie Granthamb. 1947GBEnglish actor (1947–2018)
• Donald Granthamb. 1947USAmerican composer
• Lucy Granthamb. 1951USactress
• Donte Granthamb. 1995USAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
• Ryan Granthamb. 1998CACanadian convicted murderer and former actor

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).

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

What does the name Grantham mean, and where does it come from?

Person from Grantham, Lincolnshire; either ‘village built on gravel’ or possibly from an Old English personal name meaning ‘snarler’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

How do you pronounce Grantham?

In English /ˈɡɹæntəm/ (Wiktionary).

In which country does Grantham have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 10 thousand people named Grantham, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grantham.

Where is Grantham most common?

Grantham is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 32 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Grantham?

In the United States, the national register counted 10,379 people named Grantham in 2010, about 1 in 32 thousand residents.