The Grames Family Name

Anyone researching Grames should also look under Grimes. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Son of Grim (masked one)”.

Arms associated with the name

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Grames and Grimes

Spelled with “a” instead of “i”, Grames shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Grymes and Grime.

In the 2010 US Census, 561 Americans gave Grames as their last name (rank 39,212). For the full story, order the Grames surname pack.