Graham (given name) 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. Its origin as a surname has led to its occasional use as a female given name, as for example in the case of Graham Cockburn, a daughter of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn. Graham (given name) Graham () is a masculine given name in the English language. According to some sources, it
Virginia Graham (English writer) in the same year: "When Grandmama Fell off the Boat". Virginia Graham was writing regular film reviews for The Spectator in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Virginia Graham (English writer) Virginia Margaret Graham (1910–1993) was a London-born English writer, critic and poet, whose humorous verses on Second World War subjects were republished in London by Persephone Books in 2000 as "Consider the Years 1938–1946". She had a long correspondence with Joyce Grenfell, which was later published. Virginia Graham was the only child of humorist and poet, Harry Graham ("Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless People"), and Dorothy Villiers, who married in