Griffen
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 36 babies a year in the US.
Griffen by the numbers
Griffen was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 110 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Griffen
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 Griffen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- 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)
- Griffonvariant of Griffin, meaning strong lord5 in the US (2017)
- Gryffinstrong lord; alternate spelling of griffin80 in the US (2017)
- Griffinnvariant of Griffin, meaning strong lord5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Griffen
Names that are said the same way as Griffen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Gryphon23 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Griffen
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