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It's ok. I don't use or prefer "gray-am" and I doubt too many Americans would either. Pronunciation is simply just not the same here.

I like it; also like Graeme spelling. Sorry, you will not get your preferred pronunciation in the States.

My last name before I married and we pronounce it Gray-um. It’s on a list of possible middle names for a second boy if we have one.

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I’m in the uk

This message was edited 1/13/2022, 10:35 AM

It's nice and yes Gray am

It's always and only Gray-am where I live, and I like it very much. I've got a cousin Graham, but apart from him I don't know many at all. One - Graham Scott - was a distinguished conductor who died unexpectedly last June. I can't speculate on what Americans might or might not decide to do to names they already know. It would probably take a celebrity of some kind to derail their present habits and replace them with 'new' (old, actually) ones.

I'm also in the U.S. and I don't think the "Gray-am" pronunciation would catch on unless you used the Graeme spelling. Otherwise it's the graham cracker. :-P

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Personally, I rather like our pronunciation of Graham as well - but it does sometimes remind me of grams. And grandmas.