Griffin

Welsh, variation of Griffith

"strong lord"

Griffin Origin and Meaning

The name Griffin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "strong lord".

Griffin is one of the newer and most appealing of the two-syllable Celtic surnames. In English, griffin is the name of a mythological creature, half eagle, half lion. It re-entered the list in 1983 after an absence of 75+ years.

Brendan Fraser, Teri Polo and Joey McIntyre all chose Griffin for their sons. Actor Griffin Dunne's mother's maiden name was Griffin. Another well-known bearer was Griffin Bell, Jimmy Carter's Attorney General.

Also worth considering: the original classic Welsh Gruffudd (dd=th).

Griffin Rank in US Top 1000

# 214 in the US

Griffin Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 176 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Griffin

• 214 US 2023
• 176 Nameberry 2025
• 75 Future 2035
• 949 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Griffin

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Famous People Named Griffin

• Griffin Boyette Bell 72nd U.S. Attorney General
• Griffin Steinfeld American NASCAR driver; brother of actress Hailee Steinfeld
• (Thomas) Griffin Dunne American actor
• Griffin Claude Beresford Dauphin Newman American actor
• Griffin Reinhart Canadian ice hockey player; son of ice hockey player Paul Reinhart
• Griffin Andrew McElroy American podcaster
• Griffin Gluck American child actor
• Griffin Patrick O'Neal American actor; son of actors Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Moore
• Griffin Perry (b. 1984) son of politician Rick Perry
• Griffin Levitan son of TV writer/director Steven Levitan
• Griffin Alstott (b. 1997) son of NFL player Mike Alstott
• Griffin Arthur Fraser (b. 2002) son of actor Brendan Fraser
• Griffin Moore (b. 2002) son of actress Teri Polo and Anthony Moore
• Griffin Parker Taylor (b. 2002) son of singer Corey Taylor of Slipknot
• Griffin Musk (b. 2004) son of business mogul Elon Musk; twin of brother Xavier
• Griffin Brandon Bonnar son of mixed martial artist Stephan Bonnar
• Griffin Thomas McIntyre (b. 2007) son of singer Joey McIntyre
• Griffin Kauffman (b. 2009) son of actress Leigh,Allyn Baker and Keith Kauffman
• Griffin Brown (b. 2011) son of photographer Scarlet Page and Tom Brown; grandson of guitarist Jimmy Page
• Griffin Roland Sands (b. 2015) son of actor Stark Sands

The name Griffin in Pop Culture

• Griffin Holbrook a character on TV's "Party of Five"
• Griffin character on TV's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
• Sir Griffin Tewitt fiance of Lucinda Roanoke in "The Eustace Diamonds" (1873) by Anthony Trollope
• Dr. Griffin main character in H.G. Wells' "The Invisible Man"
• Griffin "Griff" Hawkins character on TV's "Boy Meets World"
• Griffin Conner character from the tv show Remedy
• Griffin character on TV's "How to Get Away With Murder"
• Griffin Vesey character on TV's "Cosby"
• Griffin Mill lead character in 1992 film, "The Player"
• Griffin Bing main character in book and TV movie "Swindled"
• Griffin Bowen character in 2015 film "Poltergeist"
• Griffin Alto character in "Sims" series
• Griffin character in "The Dead,Tossed Waves" by Carrie Ryan
• Griffin Grey character on TV's "The Flash"
• Griffin Foley character in novel "Belzhar"
• Griffin family name on TV's "Family Guy"
• Clarke Griffin character on The CW's "The 100"
• Griffin Jennings protagonist of Adam Silvera's 'History Is All You Left Me'