Griffith (surname)

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Meaning "strong lord"		Region of origin Wales
Related names Gruffydd, Griffiths, Griffin

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, but the given name is older. People with the surname or its variants include:

List of people surnamed Griffith

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

Corinne Griffith, a silent film era actress and author

D. W. Griffith, an American film director

Dan Griffith, an American DJ

Edward Griffith (zoologist), a British naturalist

Edward H. Griffith (1894-1975), an American film director

Emile Griffith (1938-2013), U.S. Virgin Islands boxer

Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist

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

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

James Bray Griffith (1871-), 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), a number of people called John Griffith

Justin Griffith, a 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

Leon Griffith, an Arkansas politician

Melanie Griffith (born 1957), an American actress

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 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

William Griffith (disambiguation) (1960), an outdoor enthusiast and mentally insane

Xiomara Griffith, a Venezuelan judoka

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