Griff
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 17 babies a year in England and Wales.
Griff by the numbers
In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Griff. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 1960, making it a 1960s name.
What we can tell you about Griff
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Griff. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gryffstrong lord; a diminutive of Griffydd4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gruff11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Griffinstrong lord; fierce protector1,531 in the US (2017)
- Griffynstrong lord; respelling of Griffin or Griffith22 in the US (2017)
- Griffeystrong grip; a form of Griffin21 in the US (2017)
- Grimmfierce, grim, harsh6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Griff
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