Griffith (surname)
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:
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | Welsh |
| Meaning | "strong lord" |
| Region of origin | Wales |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Gruffydd, Griffiths |
List of people surnamed Griffith
A–H
- Alan Arnold Griffith, a British engineer specializing in fracture mechanics and aircraft gas turbine engines
- Alberta E. Jeffryes Griffith, (1909–1974), first woman pilot licensed in Colorado, United States
- Anastasia Griffith, a British actress
- Andy Griffith (1926–2012), an American actor, writer and producer
- Anthony Griffith, an English-born Montserrat international football player
- Arthur Griffith, an Irish Republican leader
- Bill Griffith, (born 1944), an 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, a silent film era actress and author
- D. W. Griffith, an American film director
- Dan Griffith (born 1987), an American DJ known as Gryffin
- Edward Griffith (zoologist), a British naturalist
- Edward H. Griffith (1894–1975), an American film director
- 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 Llewellyn Griffith (1862–1934), a British Egyptologist
- Frank Kingsley Griffith, a British Liberal politician and judge
- Frederick Griffith (disambiguation), several people
- George Griffith, a writer
- Grace Griffith, American folk singer
- Griffith J. Griffith, a Welsh-American industrialist known for donating land for Griffith Park in Los Angeles
- Harold Griffith (1894–1985), a Canadian anaesthetist
- Hugh Griffith, a Welsh actor
J–Z
- James Bray Griffith (1871–1937), American business theorist
- Jamie Bamber, born Jamie St. John Bamber Griffith, a British actor
- Jason Griffith, an American voice actor who is the former voice of Sonic the Hedgehog
- John Griffith (disambiguation), several people
- Justin Griffith, an NFL fullback who currently plays for the Oakland Raiders
- Kenneth Griffith, a Welsh actor and documentary film maker
- Laetitia Griffith (born 1965), a Dutch politician
- Lillian Griffith (1877–1972) a Welsh artist and sculptor
- Manley Griffith, American actor better known as Griff Barnett
- Mari Griffith, Welsh radio announcer and writer
- Melanie Griffith (born 1957), an American actress
- Michael Griffith (disambiguation)
- Morgan Griffith, an American politician from Virginia
- Nanci Griffith, an American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Nicola Griffith, a British author
- Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi, the fifth Paramount Chief of Lesotho
- Peter Griffith (1933–2001), an American actor
- Phillip Alan Griffith, mathematician
- Ralph T. H. Griffith, an Indologist
- Ronald H. Griffith, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Samuel Griffith, an Australian politician and jurist who had a large part in composing the Constitution of Australia
- Samuel B. Griffith, an officer and commander in the United States Marine Corps
- Thomas B. Griffith, an American federal judge
- Virgil Griffith, an American hacker
- Welborn Griffith, an American soldier
- William Griffith (1810–1845), a British doctor, naturalist, and botanist
- Xiomara Griffith, a Venezuelan judoka
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