Griffith (surname)

Griffith

Origin
Word/name	Welsh
Meaning	"strong lord"
Region of origin	Wales
Other names
Variant form(s)	Gruffydd, Griffiths

Griffith is a surname of Welsh origin which derives from the given name Gruffudd. The prefix Griff (originally Gruff) may mean "strong grip" and the suffix, udd, means "chief"/"lord". The earliest recorded example of the surname was "Gryffyth" in 1295, ^[1] but the given name is older. People with the surname or its variants include:

List of people surnamed Griffith

A–H

• Alan Arnold Griffith, British engineer specializing in fracture mechanics and aircraft gas turbine engines
• Alfred John Griffith (1846–1920), Congregationalist minister in Australia
• Anastasia Griffith, British actress
• Andrew Griffith, (born 1971) British Conservative politician
• Andy Griffith (1926–2012), American actor, writer and producer
• Anthony Griffith (footballer), English-born Montserrat international football player
• Arthur Griffith, Irish Republican leader
• Bill Griffith, (born 1944), American cartoonist
• Charles Griffith (disambiguation), various people
• Clark Griffith, baseball player, manager, executive, and member of the Hall of Fame
• Claudia Griffith (1950–2018), American politician
• Corinne Griffith, silent film era actress and author
• David Griffith (Clwydfardd) (1800–1894), Welsh poet
• David Griffith (priest) (1936–2024), Welsh Anglican priest
• D. W. Griffith, American film director
• Dan Griffith (born 1987), American DJ known as Gryffin
• Edward Griffith (zoologist), British naturalist
• Edward H. Griffith (1894–1975), American film director
• Elisabeth Griffith, American historian, educator, and activist
• Emile Griffith (1938–2013), U.S. Virgin Islands boxer
• Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918), American journalist, temperance activist
• Forrest Griffith (1928–2007), American football player
• Francis Griffith (disambiguation)
• Frank Kingsley Griffith, British Liberal politician and judge
• Frederick Griffith (disambiguation), multiple people
• George Griffith, writer
• Grace Griffith, American folk singer
• Griffith J. Griffith, Welsh-American industrialist known for donating land for Griffith Park in Los Angeles
• Harold Griffith (1894–1985), Canadian anaesthetist
• Homer Griffith (1912–1990), American football player
• Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor

J–Z

• James Bray Griffith (1871–1937), American business theorist
• Jamie Bamber, born Jamie St. John Bamber Griffith, British actor
• Jason Griffith, American voice actor for Sonic the Hedgehog
• John Griffith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jonas Griffith (born 1997), American football player
• Justin Griffith, NFL fullback with Oakland Raiders
• Keith Griffith (1947–2025), Barbadian footballer and technical director
• Kenneth Griffith, Welsh actor and documentary film maker
• Laetitia Griffith (born 1965), Dutch politician
• Lillian Griffith (1877–1972) Welsh artist and sculptor
• Manley Griffith, American actor better known as Griff Barnett
• Mari Griffith, Welsh radio announcer and writer
• Megan Griffith (born 1985), American basketball coach
• Melanie Griffith (born 1957), American actress
• Michael Griffith (disambiguation)
• Morgan Griffith, American politician from Virginia
• Nanci Griffith (1953–2021), American singer, guitarist and songwriter
• Nicola Griffith, British author
• Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi, the fifth Paramount Chief of Lesotho
• Phillip Griffith, mathematician
• Ralph T. H. Griffith, Indologist
• Ronald H. Griffith, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
• Samuel Griffith (1845–1920), Australian judge and politician
• Samuel B. Griffith, officer and commander in the United States Marine Corps
• Thomas B. Griffith, American federal judge
• Thomas Ian Griffith (born 1962), American actor, screenwriter, musician, and martial artist
• Thor Griffith, American football player
• Virgil Griffith, American hacker
• Welborn Griffith, American soldier
• William Griffith (botanist) (1810–1845), British doctor and naturalist
• Xiomara Griffith, Venezuelan judoka

Fictional characters with the name Griffith

• Reanne Griffith, a.k.a. Hazuki Fujiwara, from the anime series Ojamajo Doremi
  • George Griffith, a.k.a. Akira Fujiwara, her father
• Griffith (Berserk) , the main antagonist from the anime and manga series Berserk

See also

• Griffith (name)
• Griffiths
• Griffin (surname)
• Gruffudd

References

1. "Surname: Griffith". surnamedb.com. 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-07.