Anonymous wrote:Oh please no greame. Sounds like a monster's name from a horror movie. Lol. Just awful. Sorry!

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Oh please no greame. Sounds like a monster's name from a horror movie. Lol. Just awful. Sorry!

I loathe the spelling "Graeme". I can't help but think "Greem" when I read it.

OTOH, if you ARE Scottish, people in the US will constantly pronounce it as "gram" not "gray-am."

Anonymous wrote:Thoughts on Graeme vs. Graham? TIA!

This is the US and you use American spelling.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Graham is more common in the UK. You could also split the difference and go with Graeham which is another acceptable variation.

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.

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 wrote:Graham definitely.

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Unless you want him to be called "Grame"!

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.

I'm a Graeme and it is pronounced like "Graham"

Anonymous wrote:Why would it need a nickname? Graham/Graeme can be a one syllable name.

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 wrote:

Graeme

You are kidding, right?

Famous illustrator:
http://www.graemebase.com/

Personally, I prefer Graham.

Ditto

Definitely Graham!