Griffin is a surname of primarily Irish origin. Griffin was the 75th most common surname on the island of Ireland in 1891. It was estimated in 2000 that Griffin is the 114th most common surname in the U.S., with a population in the order of two hundred thousand.
Griffin in Ireland
The surname "Griffin" has two primary Gaelic sources in Ireland, which pertain to the towns of Ballygriffey in Co. Clare, and Ballygriffin in Co. Cork.
The spelling "Ó Gríofa" (male) / "Ní Ghríofa" (female) is associated with the Co. Clare family, whose surname was also anglicised as "O'Griffey" or "Griffey". "Ó Gríofa" translates to English as "descendant of the Griffin-like". Prior to the Irish spelling review, "Ó Gríofa" was spelt "Ó Gríobhtha".
The "Ó Grifín" (male) / "Ní Ghrifín" (female) spelling belongs to the Kerry family.
In Ireland, the name can also be associated with the Welsh surname "Griffith", but to a much lesser degree.
The surname "Griffin" in Wales, generally speaking, is a variant of the surname "Griffith", or other similar Welsh names.
Adrian Griffin (born 1974), American basketball player
Alan Griffin (born 1960), Australian politician
Alex Griffin (born 1971), English guitarist
Alfredo Griffin (born 1957), Dominican Republic baseball player
Alistair Griffin (born 1977), English singer/songwriter and musician
Andy Griffin (born 1979), English footballer
Angela Griffin (born 1976), English television actress
Anne Dias-Griffin (born 1971), French/American hedge fund manager
Anthony Griffin, Australian rugby league football coach
Anthony Jerome Griffin (1866–1935), American politician
Archie Griffin (born 1954), American football player
Arthur Joseph Griffin (born 1988), American baseball player
Bartholomew Griffin (died 1602), English poet
Becky Griffin (born 1977), Israeli model and actress
Ben Griffin (disambiguation), several people
Benjamin Griffin (disambiguation), several people
Bessie Griffin (1922-1989), American Gospel singer
Blake Griffin (born 1989), American basketball player
Brian C. Griffin (born 1953), American businessman & administrator
Cedric Griffin (born 1982), American football player
Charles Griffin (1825-1867), American Union general
Charlie Griffin (born 1979), British footballer
Clarence Griffin (1888-1973), American tennis player
Clive Griffin, British singer
Cornelius Griffin (born 1986), American football player
Cyrus Griffin (1749-1810), American lawyer & administrator
Dale "Buffin" Griffin (1948-2016), British musician
Daniel T. Griffin (1911-1941), American Navy pilot
Danny Griffin (born 1977), Northern Ireland footballer
David Griffin (disambiguation)
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Des Griffin, American conspiracy theorist
Donald Griffin (1915-2003), American Zoologist
Doug Griffin (born 1947), American baseball player
Eddie Griffin, African-American actor and comedian
Eddie Griffin (basketball)
Edgar Griffin, British politician
Eric Griffin
Eric Griffin (basketball) (born 1990), basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Forrest Griffin (born 1979), American MMA fighter
Francis Vielé-Griffin (1864–1937), French poet
G. Edward Griffin (born 1931), American film producer, publisher, author and lecturer
Gavin Griffin (born 1981), American poker player
Geoffrey Griffin (cricketer)
Geoffrey William Griffin
George C. Griffin
Gerald Griffin
A. Harry Griffin, journalist and mountaineer
Harry Griffin (cricketer), English cricketer
Hawley Griffin, the variant from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Ian P. Griffin, British Astronomer
James D. Griffin
James Bennett Griffin
Jane Griffin (Lady Franklin)
Jimmy Griffin
John Griffin (disambiguation)
John-Ford Griffin
John Griffin Griffin, name used by John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden
John Howard Griffin
Johnny Griffin
Kathy Griffin, American comedian
Katie Griffin
Kelsey Griffin (born 1987), American basketball player
Kenneth W. Griffin (1909–1956), American organist
Kenneth C. Griffin, hedge fund manager and Forbes 400 member
Kevin Griffin
Larry Griffin
Leonard Griffin
Lois Griffin (Toronto politician)
Lorna Griffin
Lynne Griffin
Liam Griffin (disambiguation)
Marcus Griffin
Marvin Griffin
Marion Mahony Griffin
Merv Griffin (1925–2007), entertainer, talk show host, and creator of the television game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune
Michael D. Griffin, the Administrator of NASA
Michael F. Griffin, anti-abortion activist who killed David Gunn
Michael Griffin (American football) (born 1985), American football player
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Montell Griffin, professional boxer
Morgan Griffin, professional actress starred in Nickelodeon show The Sleepover Club Series 2 as Charlie Anderson
Nick Griffin (born 1959), former chairman of the British National Party
Nikki Griffin (born 1978), American actress
Nonnie Griffin (born 1933), Canadian stage actress
Patrick Griffin (disambiguation), several people
Patty Griffin (born 1964), American singer-songwriter
Paul Griffen (born 1975), New Zealand-born Italian rugby player
Paul Griffin (disambiguation), several people
Quentin Griffin (born 1981), American football player
Renee Griffin(born 1968), American actress
Richard Griffin and Company, 19th-century Scots publishing house
Richard Allen Griffin (born 1952), American judge
Rick Griffin (1944-1991) American illustrator & cartoonist
Robert Griffin III (born 1990), American football player
Robert P. Griffin (1923-2015), American politician
Roger Griffin (born 1948), British historian
S. A. Griffin (born 1954), American poet & actor
Samuel Griffin (1746-1810), American lawyer & politician
Sandy Griffin (1858-1926), American baseball player
Simon Goodell Griffin (1824–1902), American soldier
Steve Griffin (born 1964), American football player
Susan Griffin (born 1943), American author
Taylor Griffin (born 1986), American basketball player (and brother of Blake Griffin)
Ted Griffin (born 1970), American screenwriter
Thomas Griffin (politician) (1773–1837), American politician, lawyer and judge
Thomas Griffin (born 2003) awesome person
Tom Griffin (disambiguation), several people
Tyson Griffin (born 1984), American martial artist
Todd Griffin, American musician
Tyson Griffin (born 1978) Custom American motorcycle builder
Victor Griffin (b. 1924), Irish Anglican priest and author
Victor William Griffin (ca. 1873–1958), Quapaw chief and peyote roadman from Oklahoma
W. E. B. Griffin (born 1929), American author
Walter Burley Griffin (1878–1937), American architect and landscape architect most famous for planning Canberra
William Richard Griffin (1882-1944), American auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse
William Michael Griffin (born 1968), Hip-Hop MC known as Rakim
The Griffin family of Family Guy:
Peter Griffin, father
Lois Griffin, mother
Meg Griffin, daughter and oldest child
Chris Griffin, older son
Stewie Griffin, younger son
Brian Griffin, anthropomorphic pet dog
Francis Griffin, Peter's (adoptive) father
Thelma Griffin, Peter's mother
Bertram Griffin, Peter's biological son (though not raised in the Griffin household)
Griffin (The Invisible Man) (Jack Griffin), fictional character; H. G. Wells's The Invisible Man ("Jack" only in film versions)
Judge Griffin, a character in the Judge Dredd comic strip
Maya Griffin, a character in The O.C.
Kylie Griffin, a character in Extreme Ghostbusters and in the IDW Ghostbusters ongoing comic series.
Ric Griffin Fictitious Holby City character played by actor Hugh Quarshie
Sandi Griffin, a character in the animated series Daria
