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GRAHAM ASTUTO
(“graham” (/ˈɡreɪəm/, US /ɡræᵊm/) is a ‘masculine given name’ in the english language)
(according to some sources, it comes from an Old English word meaning “grey home”)
(according to other sources, it comes from the surname Graham, which in turn is an Anglo-French form of the name of the town of ‘Grantham’, in ‘Lincolnshire’, ‘England’)
(the settlement is recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book variously as Grantham, Grandham, Granham, and ‘Graham’)
(this place name is thought to be derived from the ‘Old English’ elements grand, possibly meaning “gravel”, and ham, meaning “hamlet” the English word given to small settlements of smaller size than ‘villages’)
(in the 12th century the surname was taken from ‘England’ to ‘Scotland’ by ‘Sir William de Graham’, who founded ‘Clan Graham’)
(variant spellings of the forename are ‘Grahame’ and ‘Graeme’)
(the forename Graham is considered to be an ‘English’ and ‘scottish’ given name)