Graeme vs. Graham
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Anonymous
| Definitely Graham! |
Anonymous
| Ditto |
Anonymous
Famous illustrator: http://www.graemebase.com/ Personally, I prefer Graham. |
Anonymous
Right but when the kids are young, you almost can't help but have some cutesy name for them (even if it's not an official name). I heard a mom at the playground today calling her son "Grammy" and "Grams". Ugh. |
Anonymous
| I'm a Graeme and it is pronounced like "Graham" |
Anonymous
| If it is your culture (not like, a hundred years ago you had a Scottish relative) use that spelling if you like it, otherwise no. I definitely would have assumed it was "Graym" in reading it. |
Anonymous
+1 Unless you want him to be called "Grame"! |
Anonymous
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Either. But whichever you choose please pronounce it correctly. It's not "gram" (ridiculous) but Gray-um.
Source: I'm British and so are both spellings of the name. |
Anonymous
| Graeme. Graham looks like cracker. If you name them Graeme, then they'll have something to say if someone calls them Graeme cracker. And Graeme is a more common spelling in Canada and the UK. |
Anonymous
Graham is more common in the UK. You could also split the difference and go with Graeham which is another acceptable variation. |
Anonymous
This is the US and you use American spelling. |
Anonymous
| OTOH, if you ARE Scottish, people in the US will constantly pronounce it as "gram" not "gray-am." |
Anonymous
| I loathe the spelling "Graeme". I can't help but think "Greem" when I read it. |
Anonymous
| Oh please no greame. Sounds like a monster's name from a horror movie. Lol. Just awful. Sorry! |
Anonymous
+1. |