Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : A mythological beast—half lion, half eagle—charged with watching over golden treasures
  • Latin : Hooked nose
  • Welsh : Red, ruddy

Boy name variations

Griffin

Griffin

- 4% this year
Masculine
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Gryphon

Gryphon

- 12% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Griffon

Griffon

+ 83% this year
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Griffith

Griffith

- 45% this year
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Griffie

Griffie

0 % this year
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Griffyn

Griffyn

- 13% this year
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Griffynn

Griffynn

0 % this year
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Gryffin

Gryffin

+ 6% this year
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Gryffyn

Gryffyn

0 % this year
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How Popular Is The Name Griff

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : topographic name for someone living near a pit or hollow, from Old Norse gryfja ‘pit’, ‘hollow’, or a habitational name from Griff in Warwickshire, Griffe in Derbyshire, or Griff Farm in Rievaulx, North Yorkshire, all probably named with this word.
  • Welsh : short form of Griffith.
  • Possibly also a reduced form of Irish McGriff.
  • German : variant of Greif 1.