Griffith Forename

119,744th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,513 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Griffith Forename Definition:

A male name. Welsh Gruffydd, said to be from Latin Rufus or Rufinus. It was the name of several Welsh princes and has always been common in Wales, and also in the counties on the Welsh Marches, e.g. in Shropshire Feudal Aids 1428 there occur Griffinus Hull and Griffinus seu Griffith Kynaston.

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Griffith Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
1,2441:291,4289,179
Wales
99%
 
6261:4,943590
Ghana-3371:80,0783,677
South Africa
99%
 
3181:171,48611,596
England
98%
 
1781:312,3767,790
Australia-1751:78,0443,137
Kenya-1491:310,78610,644
Canada
100%
591:561,58314,151
Indonesia-511:5,058,111199,441
Philippines
86%
 
471:2,255,52148,741
Lesotho
100%
391:52,3085,414
Nigeria
100%
321:5,548,88678,655
Zambia-281:566,24312,318
Guyana
100%
271:28,2693,143
India
87%
 
261:46,726,076818,939
Zimbabwe
100%
181:856,87931,986
Ivory Coast
88%
 
141:1,648,28141,086
Barbados-141:20,6991,571
Malaysia
100%
121:2,537,49569,200
Saint Lucia
100%
111:16,1651,838
Belize
100%
111:32,2102,977
Antigua and Barbuda-91:11,0441,733
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
81:170,1779,829
Brazil
100%
71:30,605,165257,261
Namibia-51:480,8366,391
Scotland
100%
51:1,070,07310,235
Benin-51:2,115,16940,564
China-51:273,211,15675,889
Congo
100%
51:1,001,84116,039
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Papua New Guinea
100%
41:2,038,078115,092
Taiwan
100%
31:7,923,22799,341
Liberia
100%
31:1,470,68725,732
Hong Kong-31:2,584,24211,307
Solomon Islands-21:290,4786,813
Grenada
100%
21:54,0623,078
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
21:55,7904,636
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
Belgium
100%
21:5,745,02030,381
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
Sweden-21:4,928,95452,965
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Ireland
94%
 
11:4,643,51913,375
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Gabon
100%
11:1,883,3364,538

Griffith (140,429) may also be a surname.

Griffith Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Welsh Gruffydd, said to be from Latin Rufus or Rufinus. It was the name of several Welsh princes and has always been common in Wales, and also in the counties on the Welsh Marches, e.g. in Shropshire Feudal Aids 1428 there occur Griffinus Hull and Griffinus seu Griffith Kynaston. Lyford 1655 gives both Griffin and Griffith.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

The English form of the Welsh name Gryffydd, q. v.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Celtic and Gaelic (masculine) - Dragon.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Latin name, meaning: Ruddy. (Cymric) Of strong faith: red: ruddy.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

User-submitted Reference

A Welsh forename, now also common as a surname, meaning 'strong chief' or 'strong grip'.

- skyepelham

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