Gruffudd

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Gruffudd or Gruffydd ([ˈɡrɨ̞fɨ̞ð] or [ˈɡrɪfɪð], in either case) is a Welsh name, originating in Old Welsh as a given name and today used as both a given and surname. It is the origin of the Anglicised name Griffith[s], and was historically sometimes treated as interchangeable with the etymologically unrelated Germanic name Galfrid (Latinised as Galfridus). The Welsh form evolved from the Common Brittonic Grippiud or Gripuid.

The name may refer to the following people, often with either spelling used, among other variants such as Gruffuth, Griffudd, etc. (see Griffith (name) for details, hypocoristic forms, etc.):

As a given name

Gruffudd ab Adda (fl. mid 14th century) was a Welsh language poet and musician

Gruffudd ab Owain Glyndŵr (c.1375-c.1412) led a major revolt in Wales

Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch (1277–1282), Welsh court poet

Gruffydd ap Cynan

Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd, the grandson of the king of Gwynedd

Gruffudd Fychan I

Gruffudd Fychan II

Gruffudd Gryg (1340–1380), Welsh poet from Anglesey, North Wales

Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn

Gruffudd Hiraethog (died 1564), Welsh language poet

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr (c. 1198 – March 1, 1244), son of Llywelyn the Great

Gruffudd Llwyd (1380–1410), Welsh language poet

Gruffydd ap Madog Fychan

Gruffydd II ap Madog, Lord of Dinas Bran

Gruffydd Maelor

Gruffydd ap Rhydderch

Gruffydd ap Rhys

Gruffydd ap Rhys II

Gruff Rhys (1970-), musician

Gruffudd Vychan, (born 1395), Lord of Burgedin, Treflydan, Garth and Gearfawr, Wales

As a surname or patronymic

Ioan Gruffudd (born 1973), Welsh actor

Rhodri ap Gruffudd (1230–1315), the third or fourth son of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr

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